Ranking each teams center depth

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Team: 2022-23 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 14, 2022

Published: Aug. 14, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

1. EDM: McDavid, Draisaitl, McLeod
2. FLA: Barkov, Bennett, Lundell
3. TBL: Point, Stamkos, Cirelli
4. TOR: Matthews, Tavarevs, Kampf
5. PIT: Crosby, Malkin, Blueger
6. NJD: Hughes, Hischier, Mercer
7. STL: Thomas, O'Reilly, Schenn
8. COL: MacKinnon, Newhook, Compher
9. BOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Coyle
10. LAK: Kopitar, Danault, Byfield
11. OTT: Norris, Stutzle, Pinto
12. ANA: Zegras, Strome, McTavish
13. NYI: Barzal, Nelson, Pageu
14. VAN: Pettersson, Hovat, Dickinson
15. MIN: Hartman, Eriksson-Ek, Gaudreau
16. VGK: Eichel, Karlsson, Patrick
17. NYR: Zibanejad, Trocheck, Chytil
18. WPG: Scheifele, Dubois, Lowry
19. CAR: Aho, Kotkamiemi, Drury
20. SEA: Gourde, Beniers, Wright
21. SJS: Hertl, Couture, Bonino
22. CGY: Lindholm, Backlund, Monahan
23. NSH: Granlund, Johansen, Sissions
24. DET: Larkin, Copp, Suter
25. PHI: Couturier, Hayes, Frost
26. WAS: Kuznetsov, Strome, Eller
27. DAL: Benn, Hintz, Faksa
28. MTL: Suzuki, Dvorak, Evans
29. BUF: Thompson, Mittelstadt, Girgensons
30. CHI: Toews, Domi, Khaira
31. CBJ: Jenner, Roslovic, Sillinger
32. ARI: Smith, McBain, Boyd

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Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	McLeod, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000
Barkov, Aleksander $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Bennett, Sam $4,425,000$4,425,000 C UFA - 3	Lundell, Anton $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2
Point, Brayden $9,500,000$9,500,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 2	Cirelli, Anthony $4,800,000$4,800,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 3	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 1
Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 8	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 5	Mercer, Dawson $894,167$894,167 ($400,000$400K) RW, C RFA - 2
Thomas, Robert $2,800,000$2,800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 1	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 6
MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Newhook, Alex $908,333$908,333 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Compher, J.T. $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Bergeron, Patrice $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C NMC UFA - 1	Krejci, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($2,000,000$2M) C NTC UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Byfield, Quinton $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) LW, C RFA - 2
Norris, Joshua $7,950,000$7,950,000 C UFA - 8	Stützle, Tim $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Pinto, Shane $925,000$925,000 ($600,000$600K) C RFA - 1
Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 5	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 3
Barzal, Mathew $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Pageau, Jean-Gabriel $5,000,000$5,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4
Pettersson, Elias $7,350,000$7,350,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 1	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 2
Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 7	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 3
Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Stephenson, Chandler $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 2
Zibanejad, Mika $8,500,000$8,500,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Trocheck, Vincent $5,625,000$5,625,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 7	Chytil, Filip $2,300,000$2,300,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Scheifele, Mark $6,125,000$6,125,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Dubois, Pierre-Luc $6,000,000$6,000,000 C UFA - 1	Lowry, Adam $3,250,000$3,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4
Aho, Sebastian $8,460,250$8,460,250 C UFA - 2	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $4,820,000$4,820,000 C UFA - 8	Drury, Jack $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 2
Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($925,000$925K) C RFA - 2	Wright, Shane $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 4
Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 5	Bonino, Nick $1,025,000$1,025,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Lindholm, Elias $4,850,000$4,850,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Backlund, Mikael $5,350,000$5,350,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Johansen, Ryan $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Sissons, Colton $2,857,143$2,857,143 C, RW UFA - 4
Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NTC UFA - 1	Copp, Andrew $5,625,000$5,625,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5	Suter, Pius $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Couturier, Sean $7,750,000$7,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Hayes, Kevin $3,571,429$3,571,429 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Frost, Morgan $800,000$800,000 C RFA - 1
Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $3,500,000$3,500,000 C UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,415,000$2,415,000 C UFA - 1
Benn, Jamie $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Hintz, Roope $3,150,000$3,150,000 C UFA - 1	Faksa, Radek $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3
Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Mittelstadt, Casey $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Domi, Max $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Khaira, Jujhar $975,000$975,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2
Smith, Nathan $883,750$883,750 ($850,000$850K) C UFA - 1	McBain, Jack $883,750$883,750 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Boyd, Travis $1,750,000$1,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2

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Right Wing: Ryan McLeod ($1,000,000) - Anton Lundell ($925,000) - Anthony Cirelli ($4,800,000) - David Kämpf ($1,500,000) - Teddy Blueger ($2,200,000) - Dawson Mercer ($894,167) - Brayden Schenn ($6,500,000) - J.T. Compher ($3,500,000) - Charlie Coyle ($5,250,000) - Quinton Byfield ($894,167) - Shane Pinto ($925,000) - Mason McTavish ($894,167) - Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($5,000,000) - Jason Dickinson ($2,650,000) - Marco Rossi ($863,333) - Chandler Stephenson ($2,750,000) - Filip Chytil ($2,300,000) - Adam Lowry ($3,250,000) - Jack Drury ($925,000) - Shane Wright ($950,000) - Nick Bonino ($1,025,000) - Sean Monahan ($6,375,000) - Colton Sissons ($2,857,143) - Pius Suter ($3,250,000) - Morgan Frost ($800,000) - Lars Eller ($2,415,000) - Radek Faksa ($3,250,000) - Jake Evans ($1,700,000) - Zemgus Girgensons ($2,200,000) - Jujhar Khaira ($975,000) - Cole Sillinger ($925,000) - Travis Boyd ($1,750,000)
Centre: Leon Draisaitl ($8,500,000) - Sam Bennett ($4,425,000) - Steven Stamkos ($8,500,000) - John Tavares ($11,000,000) - Evgeni Malkin ($6,100,000) - Nico Hischier ($7,250,000) - Ryan O'Reilly ($1,875,000) - Alex Newhook ($908,333) - David Krejci ($1,000,000) - Phillip Danault ($5,500,000) - Tim Stützle ($925,000) - Ryan Strome ($5,000,000) - Brock Nelson ($6,000,000) - Bo Horvat ($4,125,000) - Joel Eriksson Ek ($5,250,000) - William Karlsson ($5,900,000) - Vincent Trocheck ($5,625,000) - Pierre-Luc Dubois ($6,000,000) - Jesperi Kotkaniemi ($4,820,000) - Matthew Beniers ($897,500) - Logan Couture ($8,000,000) - Mikael Backlund ($5,350,000) - Ryan Johansen ($4,000,000) - Andrew Copp ($5,625,000) - Kevin Hayes ($3,571,429) - Dylan Strome ($3,500,000) - Roope Hintz ($3,150,000) - Christian Dvorak ($4,450,000) - Casey Mittelstadt ($2,500,000) - Max Domi ($3,000,000) - Jack Roslovic ($2,000,000) - Jack McBain ($883,750)
Left Wing: Connor McDavid ($12,500,000) - Aleksander Barkov ($10,000,000) - Brayden Point ($9,500,000) - Auston Matthews ($11,640,250) - Sidney Crosby ($8,700,000) - Jack Hughes ($8,000,000) - Robert Thomas ($2,800,000) - Nathan MacKinnon ($6,300,000) - Patrice Bergeron ($2,500,000) - Anze Kopitar ($10,000,000) - Joshua Norris ($7,950,000) - Trevor Zegras ($925,000) - Mathew Barzal ($7,000,000) - Elias Pettersson ($7,350,000) - Ryan Hartman ($1,700,000) - Jack Eichel ($10,000,000) - Mika Zibanejad ($8,500,000) - Mark Scheifele ($6,125,000) - Sebastian Aho ($8,460,250) - Yanni Gourde ($5,166,666) - Tomas Hertl ($6,750,000) - Elias Lindholm ($4,850,000) - Mikael Granlund ($5,000,000) - Dylan Larkin ($6,100,000) - Sean Couturier ($7,750,000) - Evgeny Kuznetsov ($3,900,000) - Jamie Benn ($9,500,000) - Nick Suzuki ($7,875,000) - Tage Thompson ($1,400,000) - Jonathan Toews ($10,500,000) - Boone Jenner ($3,750,000) - Nathan Smith ($883,750)

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Roster Size: 96
Salary Cap: $82,500,000
Cap Hit: $434,499,905
Cap Space: -$351,999,905

Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:29 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Dylan cozens is buffalo's 2C...

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:30 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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I feel like Carolina’s ranking will be a lot higher as the season goes by.

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:30 p.m.

Birtle34

Bandwagon fairweathe

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Patrick not available in Vegas, jets should be higher

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:30 p.m.

Claesson4Norris

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Feels so good seeing Ottawa not in the bottom of these lists. It's all thanks to the San Jose Sharks

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:31 p.m.

theleano1

PDG over PDO

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Miller plays center for Van Dickinson played wing most of the year, Our top 3 Centers should Be Pettersson Miller Horvat

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:39 p.m.

Caniac2000

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Aho, Kotkamiemi, Drury.. Does Jordan Staal no longer exist? Did I imagine that?

Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:52 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Dylan cozens is buffalo's 2C...

Quoting: theleano1

Miller plays center for Van Dickinson played wing most of the year, Our top 3 Centers should Be Pettersson Miller Horvat

Quoting: Caniac2000

Aho, Kotkamiemi, Drury.. Does Jordan Staal no longer exist? Did I imagine that?

Hard to keep track of all 32 lineups. You all would know better than me…

Thought they wanted Cozens at LW1, no?
So Miller at C, Pettersson at LW?
Staal as 4C….was really just giving props to Drury here.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:53 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: evelutions2

I feel like Carolina’s ranking will be a lot higher as the season goes by.

Once Scheifele arrives, yes

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 10:00 p.m.

Sabres923

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Cozens has never played LW in the NHL, I’m not really sure why they have him listed as one. Skinner is LW 1 on the Sabres.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 10:29 p.m.

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Caniac2000

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

If Jordan Staal plays a single game at 4C this season, I will personally give you the AAV of Jack Hughes contract. If he plays 4C minutes, it will mean Kotkaniemi and Necas (not Drury) have found success down the middle and Carolina's C core will be the best in the NHL. Staal's defensive play rivals Bergerons. He doesn't have the offensive base numbers, but his play driving is incredible. He's still a very good 3C. Overpaid for inability to produce, but that 10 year deal ends this year.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 10:52 p.m.

#11

theleano1

PDG over PDO

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Miller and Pettey didn't play together 5 on 5 much, Pettey was our #1C Miller #2C and Horvat was #3C

Aug. 14, 2022 at 10:55 p.m.

#12

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: theleano1

Miller and Pettey didn't play together 5 on 5 much, Pettey was our #1C Miller #2C and Horvat was #3C

Didn’t Pettersson play some 3LW this year? I think he was there when NJD went to VAN

Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:09 p.m.

#13

theleano1

PDG over PDO

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Didn’t Pettersson play some 3LW this year? I think he was there when NJD went to VAN

He played about 100 mins at wing this year on, compared to his 402 minutes at center, even when they stacked the top line with Miller - Pettersson - Boeser it usually was Pettersson playing center, Miller also played close to 300 minutes at center as well

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:20 p.m.

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kster34

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Florida over rated. Barkov legit but Bennet - meh. Lundell looks good but still young. Not even top 5, barely top 10 imo

Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:29 p.m.

#15

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: kster34

Florida over rated. Barkov legit but Bennet - meh. Lundell looks good but still young. Not even top 5, barely top 10 imo

Lundell is legit

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:35 p.m.

#16

EsoYeezus69

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Hintz is our number one centre, he’s a top 20-25 centre in the league. After that you’ve got Seguin, Benn/Peterson/Dellandrea, and lastly Faksa.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:37 p.m.

#17

kster34

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Lundell is legit

Maybe, but he’s still young. His gpg (0.27) and ppg (0.67) were ok but not great. His FO % was abysmal. Again young player that looks good but has a lot to show before he can be placed in 2nd best centre corps in league. Bennett is nothing special so no way Florida has the 2nd best centres; maybe in a few years (if Lindell fulfills your promise) but not today

Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:39 p.m.

#18

Devil

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Gaudreau chose to sign with the 31st ranked center core opposed to the 6th ranked
Still Can't believe it

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:43 a.m.

#19

bhavikp27

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Florida way too high. Bennett has had one good season (not even great) while playing with Huberdeau in a top offensive system. Also, Sens, Ducks, Wild, Kraken are too high imo. Islanders and Rangers could move up. Can't put Mercer with NJD if you don't put Miller and Staal on their teams.

Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:01 a.m.

#20

CD282

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Quoting: theleano1

Pettersson played 1089:04 at 5v5 in 21-22, so you're leaving a LOT of minutes unaccounted for.

Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:06 a.m.

#21

CD282

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Quoting: kster34

You realize that P/GP of 0.67 is solidly a 2nd line rate, right? So they've got an elite 1st line C and two good 2nd line C's - that gives them a nearly unbeatable trio.

Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:19 a.m.

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kster34

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Quoting: CD282

You realize that P/GP of 0.67 is solidly a 2nd line rate, right? So they've got an elite 1st line C and two good 2nd line C's - that gives them a nearly unbeatable trio.

Unbeatable trio

?
Not saying they are bad, but no way they are second overall. Barkov is elite but Bennett and lundell are just average (although lundell has high ceiling so he May get better) - their f/o%s are also terrible.
Leafs, Bolts, Pens, Blues are all better (as a start).

Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:41 a.m.

#23

IconicHawk

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Washington centers>Nashville centers

Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:42 a.m.

#24

Tintin

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Edited Aug. 15, 2022 at 9:53 a.m.

Quoting: kster34

their f/o%s are also terrible.
Leafs, Bolts, Pens, Blues are all better (as a start).

Faceoff percentages are among the least important stats in the game of hockey.
Winning a faceoff has on average close to zero predictability power as to whether the team scores or get scored on in that same sequence.
Faceoffs literally do not matter.

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 8:48 a.m.

#25

CD282

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Quoting: Tintin

Faceoff percentages are among the least important stats in the game of hockey.
Winning or faceoff has on average close to zero predictability power as to whether the teams scores or get scored on in that same sequence.
Faceoffs literally do not matter.

By and large this is correct. There are critical faceoffs that DO matter, but those are highly situational and account for only a small percentage of the total.

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