Top two centers by year:
2004: Lecavlier and Richards
2006: Staal and Brind'amour (age 36)
2007: Getzlaf and McDonald
2008: Datsyuk and Zetterberg
2009: Crosby and Malkin
2010: Toews and Sharp
2011: Bergeron and Krejci
2012: Kopitar and Richards
2013: Toews and Handzus/Sharp
2014: Kopitar and Carter
2015: Toews and Richards/Sharp
2016: Crosby and Malkin
2017: Crosby and Malkin
2018: Backstom and Kuznetsov
It helps to have to two top centers. It's not necessary though. I think its probably more accurate two say: you need to lines that can consistently score. And I think having Tkachuk on the second line accomplishes that.
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