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Originally Posted by Kurrilino
everything depends on Simmonds.......
Handzus is not working as offensive center...
so..
Smyth - Kopitar - Williams
Frolov - Richardson - Brown
Moller - Handzus - Purcell
Parse - Elkins - Segal
or something
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I know you got your opinions and all but you have NO reason to hate on Stoll the way you do. He has done everything he has been expected to and more. He plays physical, wins face-offs, uses that booming shot of his pretty well from the point (it has been responsible for plenty of goals this season already), and has scored 25 points in 33 games (outscoring centers around the league that are considered more talented in that regard). And while I like Richardson and appreciate his game as of late, there is no way he does all that at this point in his career. I've said this time and time again, our need for a "true" #2 center isn't as great as some of you may think. Stoll is the kind of utility player I want anchoring a line that gets a lot of minutes. And with our secondary scoring stepping it up (and Smyth coming back to re-ignite the 1st line), we don't need him to be a Lecavalier, or a Zetterberg, or a Brad Richards.