Or they were just trying to break him into a pro league.Yes, and the bottom line of all that mess is simple, they don't think he's a center.
Or they were just trying to break him into a pro league.Yes, and the bottom line of all that mess is simple, they don't think he's a center.
Or they were just trying to break him into a pro league.
The fact that they would play Greenway at center in that situation but won't play Kunin at center in his sitution is rather telling.Somebody is going to have to play center in 2 years. Kunin going back there after a multi-year hiatus is just as palatable as trying to fit Greenway in that spot after playing it for 15 college games.
The fact that they would play Greenway at center in that situation but won't play Kunin at center in his sitution is rather telling.
Maybe I'm not making my point clear? I don't know if the kid can play center or not in the NHL. I'm not even trying to say that he can't or won't ever play center in the NHL. All that I am trying to say is that it seems pretty obvious to me that the Wild don't see him as a center.
Who are our Iowa centers right now 1 through 4?
Somebody is going to have to play center in 2 years. Kunin going back there after a multi-year hiatus is just as palatable as trying to fit Greenway in that spot after playing it for 15 college games.
I agree with that. But, with the current center situation, if they think he has any chance of being a center, he should be playing there now.Fair. But I guess what I'm saying is that how you see somebody yesterday or today doesn't mean that you'll see them the same way tomorrow.
Who are our Iowa centers right now 1 through 4?
Who are our Iowa centers right now 1 through 4?
The fact that they would play Greenway at center in that situation but won't play Kunin at center in his sitution is rather telling.
Maybe I'm not making my point clear? I don't know if the kid can play center or not in the NHL. I'm not even trying to say that he can't or won't ever play center in the NHL. All that I am trying to say is that it seems pretty obvious to me that the Wild don't see him as a center.
He's had a year+ of pro league experience, and had enough games this year to be recovered/in shape from his injury last season. If GMPF saw him as a future NHL center, he'd have the Iowa coach playing him as a center.
Arguing just to argue?Meh. Kunin wasn't even healthy enough for camp. I can't really say what would have happened if Kunin hadn't have gotten injured last season.
nvm, misread. i agree with you.Kunin can play center, but I'd rather have him as a wing. It frees him up to play the Parise type role on the forecheck and backcheck; which I think he's well suited to do. He doesn't have the speed/skating to play deep in the o-zone and still cover the transition game and d-zone responsibilities. I'd still have him work on taking FOs, just to have another RHS option for that.
I wonder if Domi would have 30 points in a Wild sweater if the Wild made that trade in summer
Arguing just to argue?
They started Greenway's 1st season in the NHL by playing him at center. They started Kunin's 2nd season in the AHL by playing him at wing. It isn't difficult.More to the point of you saying it's telling that they put Greenway there and not Kunin during the preseason. One was healthy and one wasn't. A healthy Playoffs and offseason you can say with any certainty that Kunin doesn't get a look at center this last preseason?
It could just as easily have been Kunin playing wing/center in the NHL, and Greenway in Iowa playing wing/center when the season started.
They started Greenway's 1st season in the NHL by playing him at center. They started Kunin's 2nd season in the AHL by playing him at wing. It isn't difficult.
And? Greenway shouldn't have even been in the NHL to start the season, let alone trying to play center in the NHL. Remember BB did say he saw Coyle as a 2C this offseason too, and Greenway started there over him too.
I agree that Kunin should be a wing, but to say something is telling when the team makeup is different between the years and one player is injured and the other one not.
You guys are both making my point for me without even realizing itGreenway was so good at center that they put him back at wing and haven’t thought of putting him back since.
Guess the Wild are pretty incompetent. Oh wait, we knew that already.You guys are both making my point for me without even realizing it