Best Czech Centers All-Time

[Reindl87]

Did Jagr ever play at center? Maybe a few games here and there, or really never?

 

[carjackmalone]

Stan Makita

 

[Michael Farkas]

Did Jagr ever play at center? Maybe a few games here and there, or really never?

Not in the NHL. I believe he played center a tiny bit in the KHL. But not enough to really even register, IIRC...

 

[Gorskyontario]

Stan Makita

Also Slovakian technically.

 

[Gerulaitis]

Stan Makita

Stan Mäkelä

 

[ESH]

So did Havlat as memory serves me right.

Anyway, let's count them as wingers

Oh, I don't recall Havlat playing much center...is that true? I had a Havlat jersey back in the day and don't recall that.

I don’t remember Havlat ever playing center

 

[Gerulaitis]

Surprisingly, Jiri Hrdina is still on zero.

I think he was better than Prospal, Lang or Holik

 

[Overrated]

Surprisingly, Jiri Hrdina is still on zero.

I think he was better than Prospal, Lang or Holik

2 goals in 45 playoff games is not a good look tbh.

 

[ESH]

Surprisingly, Jiri Hrdina is still on zero.

I think he was better than Prospal, Lang or Holik

I don’t really recall Prospal playing at center all that much either

 

[Michael Farkas]

I don’t really recall Prospal playing at center all that much either

He played plenty of center.

 

[ESH]

He played plenty of center.

The only seasons where he took a significant amount of faceoffs were early in his career in Ottawa, and a little bit one season in New York. If you look at his linemates since that’s been tracked he usually played wing alongside a center.

All of his best seasons seem to have come playing on the wing.

 

[Gerulaitis]

2 goals in 45 playoff games is not a good look tbh.

He was getting old then.

Now look at his international resume

 

[HabzSauce]

Turtleneck

 

[Michael Farkas]

All of his best seasons seem to have come playing on the wing.

That may well be true. But in the context of Jagr and Havlat, Vaclav Prospal is as center as it gets by comparison haha

 

[carjackmalone]

Ivan Hlinka