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Old 05-03-2019, 06:49 AM   #3
Erick Estrada
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Are there 31 centers in the league better than him? I don't think so but his skating and timid style of play gets exposed at times and he's just not a guy that is going to carry a team like Couture, MacKinnon, Getzlaf, etc and he doesn't have the 2-way capabilities of a Bergeron, Barkov, Couturier, etc. He's kind of an outlier in that he's a really good finisher that knows how to get in position, has great hands around the net, that is just passable at everything else. At 24 years old there is still time for him to improve at other areas so we should be careful not to write him off because 30 goal centers don't grow on trees and it's less that he's not a great player and more that the Flames are at that stage where to take the next step they need more from him.
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