I didn't read the thread, as I can kind of assume how it went haha
I will say that Rowney is a fringe guy, but he's a RHS that can play center and wing. He's a defensive forward for sure, he could play the game with a hoe...(that's gonna proofread weird...) one thing I'll say about Rowney - and this is why he got another NHL contract (I don't know about this three-year stuff, I don't like multi-year deals for lower-end players like this...but who am I?), one thing I'll say is that he has a unique trait in his defensive style that he can actually mirror offensive players movements surprisingly well for a player of his caliber. Some defensive guys are just diving all over with their mouth open blocking shots and whatever and that gets way more praise than it deserves (Ryan Callahan), some guys are tactical, finesse defenders (Riley Nash is a good example of this), some guys are physical style guys that just try to kill you out there, there's a million examples, I'm sure the Ducks have most of them, in fact, they're a bunch of mean mother.........but some players have this mirroring ability that originated, to the best of my knowledge, back in 50's and 60's as a new generation of hockey players grew up with fully liberalized forwards passing and coverages/assignments changed. Rowney is just oddly good at matching movement for some reason, thus, he gets more sticks on pucks than you'd expect and has better closing speed on plays than you'd expect ("closing speed" is a defensive term that I keep separate from skating prowess, it's almost worth noting - some might suggest I'm missing an "h" in that last word).
Wish him the best. I'm a nut for handedness, so I sometimes would stamp my feet a little if Rowney wasn't in the lineup because I want my RHS centers taking right DZ draws...we had nothing but LHS centers last year.........and, I suppose, again this year...