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Bergeron/Krejci/Seguin 2011
Kopitar/Carter - 2014
Crosby/Malkin 2016 & 2017
Stamkos/Pointe 2020 & 2021
Landeskog/Kadri 2022
Eichel/Karlsson 2023
Pavelski/Hintz/Benn 2023 & 2024
Reinhart/Bennet 2024
McDavid/Draisaitl 2024
Please tell me who slides down the line up for Ek.
Seguin in 2011 wasn't even a center. Chances are Krejci moves to wing in this scenario.
Jeff Carter moves to wing in 2014, he was already playing a lot there. Kopitar and Mike Richards were the centers. Mike Richards was a very good center though, I don't really know how they'd handle having Kopitar, Richards and Ek. There's a pretty good chance Richards would also move to wing and just take faceoffs.
Crosby and Malkin are both better.
Stamkos played 1 playoff game in 2019-20 and missed most of the season in 2020-21. He's also already a winger that take faceoffs. Not much of an issue there.
The Colorado one is confusing to me because MacKinnon is their top center and Landeskog is a winger. I would move Kadri to the wing.
Karlsson moves down or to the wing. That one isn't even a debate.
Pavelski and Benn were wingers.
Reinhart is a winger, Bennett moves down, also not a debate.
McDavid and Draisaitl are both better.
So I have 7/20 that are definitely playing center over Ek, 6/20 were already wingers, 2 that Ek plays over no contest, and 5.5ish that it would be a toss up on? If I counted that right?
That tells me he's perfectly fine as a 2C on a contender, we just need a real 1C in front of him.