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Avs Fans How Reliable Is Gabe At Center

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Team: 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 16, 2021
Published: Jul. 16, 2021
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I. Curious o his abilty to play center full time, or is he more of a Giroux/Benn guy that is suited for the wing but can step in for face offs
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Burakovsky, André
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MacKinnon, Nathan
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Nichushkin, Valeri
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Kadri, Nazem
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Maltsev, Mikhail
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Compher, J.T.
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Girard, Samuel
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Johnson, Erik
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:42 p.m.
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Not an Avs fan myself, but his good FO% doesn't equate to him being a good center. Yes, he is a very capable faceoff guy, but he is a winger
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.
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He takes faceoffs on left side (since MacK is right shot) and then switching back to wing position in the play. Faceoffs are the only reason he is listed as C anywhere (here, fantasy hockey, etc.). He is not a center.
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.
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Not an Avs fan, but Benn can play centre very well, as well as he can play winger. He’s god on faceoffs, but this year he really proved that he can play the centre position all together.

Regarding Landy I’m pretty sure he’s more of a Giroux type of player that steps in for faceoffs when he’s needed. At least that’s what I’ve heard from Avs fans.
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.
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He is not and never will be a center. Anyone who tells you otherwise because COL has players take FO's on their strong side isn't worth listening too.
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.
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Quoting: EsoYeezus69
Not an Avs fan, but Benn can play centre very well, as well as he can play winger. He’s god on faceoffs, but this year he really proved that he can play centre.

Regarding Landy I’m pretty sure he’s more of a Giroux type of player that steps in for faceoffs when he’s needed. At least that’s what I’ve heard from Avs fans.


Dal fans like "dear god, please take Benns contract away so we can keep our staked Dcore.
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.
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If he was meant to play c they wouldn’t if needed kadri
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.
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Dal fans like "dear god, please take Benns contract away so we can keep our staked Dcore.


We were f*cked from day 1 when signing that contract and the Benn contract. I’m pretty sure we can fit everything all together in the next few years if Nill doesn’t hand out contracts like it’s monopoly money, or else we’re deeply f*cked.

Also the fact that Benn’s contract is humongous isn’t the main problem to moving him, it’s his NMC. There’s literally no way on this earth that he’ll waive.
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.
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We were f*cked from day 1 when signing that contract and the Benn contract. I’m pretty sure we can fit everything all together in the next few years if Nill doesn’t hand out contracts like it’s monopoly money, or else we’re deeply f*cked.

Also the fact that Benn’s contract is humongous isn’t the main problem to moving him, it’s his NMC. There’s literally no way on this earth that he’ll waive.


Yeah that's fair. I actually think DAL is a SUPER interesting team but until they get some things settled with the kids and the blue line their hands are kinda tied
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.
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Quoting: EsoYeezus69
We were f*cked from day 1 when signing that contract and the Benn contract. I’m pretty sure we can fit everything all together in the next few years if Nill doesn’t hand out contracts like it’s monopoly money, or else we’re deeply f*cked.

Also the fact that Benn’s contract is humongous isn’t the main problem to moving him, it’s his NMC. There’s literally no way on this earth that he’ll waive.


Pray to the LTIR gods
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.
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If he was meant to play c they wouldn’t if needed kadri


Not always true, WPG was searching for a 2C nearly every year but every time Scheifele went down Wheeler moved to the middle and played just fine
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:53 p.m.
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Pray to the LTIR gods


Hire Tom Wilson to take all of our sh*t contracts out so that we can put them on LTIR.
Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.
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Not always true, WPG was searching for a 2C nearly every year but every time Scheifele went down Wheeler moved to the middle and played just fine


Ya but typically you value c over w so if you felt comfortable with it long term you’d keep them at c
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Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:57 p.m.
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Never played Centre in his nhl career
Jul. 16, 2021 at 2:01 p.m.
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Ya but typically you value c over w so if you felt comfortable with it long term you’d keep them at c


Im just trying to fugure out if he's worth pursuing for the Flames to play center, seems like a no but this is also mostly non-avs fans responding
Sep. 18, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.
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He played C for one game and looked natural. His two-way ability translates perfectly to C. He is absolutely a top six C today.
 
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