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Old 09-11-2017, 12:43 AM   #34
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I don't love any of the solutions that involve Jankowski or Bennett moving to wing. The reason is because we haven't seen what these guys can really do at center with some decent wingers. Generally when you have strong, intelligent, skilled guys who can skate as well as these two and rush the puck with creativity but also bring a complete 200 foot game, you don't want them on the wing standing around with less chance of getting the puck on their stick in motion.

I know some teams do stack their top lines with a center (Draisaitl, Pavelski, Mikael Granlund) but it generally seems to be more of a last resort to move guys to W, and at 21years old (Bennett) and 1 NHL GP (Jankowski) there just isn't enough valid reason yet to not exhaust and explore their development paths as centers. Not when the potential ceiling is so high at the most impactful position.
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