also if he's not a truly elite, top of the league wing in there system (which he flat out hasn't been and why they traded him for Rantanen), then they need to allocate that spot to a C which is the position they desperately need to fill.
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Well they have Stank as 2C now but still very weak on the wings. Kotkeniemi is another contract they could look to move out in a similar deal that the Avs just did. But I still see the biggest issue with the Canes is generating offense.
I'd expect him to be 3C, but their wings are fine imo. Jarvis is terrific, Svech is fine (albeit underwhelming this year), Hall is fine, and Jackson Blake has looked really solid since getting a top 6 role. They've got Nadeau who looks legit legit next year.
Ehhhh I wouldn’t count on 3C. Rod deploys the third line pretty rigidly as a shutdown line centered by Staal and winged by his biggest and least offensive forwards. Sometimes he’ll throw an offensive winger next to Staal to spice it up but Stankoven probably plays 2C or 4C
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