I'm fine with the thread and it's premise, but...please do not cite specific posts or posters in an attempt to humiliate or demean them. Hindsight is 20/20 and we've all posted some things we would cringe at if we looked a couple years ahead into the future.
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He's number 1 on Vancouver and most people have them as Western Conference favorites.
Erhoff is the #1 in Vancouver, not Hamhuis.
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I think it's the main thing that has allowed us pull away from Columbus. We got our No. 1 center when he became available while the Jackets are still searching for theirs...
I think it's the main thing that has allowed us pull away from Columbus. We got our No. 1 center when he became available while the Jackets are still searching for theirs...
come on, the guy did play like a #1 for three years and really didnt fall off until last season...
I bet there are plenty of GMs who wish they had signed Arnott for 4.5 even rather than some of the guys that got 6-8 million in the early years of their deals *cough* gomezbreire *cough*
come on, the guy did play like a #1 for three years and really didnt fall off until last season...
I bet there are plenty of GMs who wish they had signed Arnott for 4.5 even rather than some of the guys that got 6-8 million in the early years of their deals *cough* gomezbreire *cough*
On a good team, Arnott is a number 2 center. He has been his entire career, excepting his time in Nashville. When I think "number one center," I think of guys like Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Marleau, Thornton, Backstrom, Kopitar, Staal, etc. I think Arnott was, for a time, at the high end of number 2 centers, but I don't think he would have been the number one center on most teams with the cash to afford someone better.
I think it's the main thing that has allowed us pull away from Columbus. We got our No. 1 center when he became available while the Jackets are still searching for theirs...
I'd put Vermette over Arnott, personally, but, hey, whatever helps you sleep at night.
