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Originally Posted by transplant99
Im gonna trust Jon Cooper has a pretty good idea of who will work with who based on his past success of doing so.
Im also curious where this narrative that Wilson is poor defensively is coming from.
He is, and has been for a few seasons now, playing very much like a top winger in the game which includes a solid 200' game.
He just happens to be a complete brute as well. He is the proverbial "unicorn" of a player.
He is on this team for a reason.
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All true. And yes, Wilson is a bit of a unicorn.
But that doesn't mean you just slap him on the top line and forget about it.
Yes, most goals are scored off the cycle. But both McDavid and Celebrini are most dangerous in transition and off the rush. Reinhart is more effective in that scenario than Wilson.
And Wilson's forecheck - and overall unicorn-ness - would be just as effective on any line.