The only reasoning the team has given for the stupid center experiment is that playing C is so hard, that when they move him back to W, it'll seem so easy by comparison that he'll start scoring a lot again. Haha! What!?!?!? The Coyotes are not in the hands of wise hockey people. It's a mess here.
He doesn't need to go somewhere else for a fresh start. He can get one here. He's been excellent the last little bit (even at C and even with Rieder and Rinaldo as he wingers). This is the worst time to trade him. He's going to finish the season strong and have more value at the draft.
People don't realize how easy wing is and how hard center is, early on as kids all the best players are put at center. Guys with physical talent but that maybe aren't the sharpest skates on the ice go to wing by default, it's not really a position of honor.
The exception being if someone shows they have a prodigious shot, they may be put at wing, as they will have the best chance of concentrating on using that skill.
But yeah, a guy who has played at wing since he was a kid, DO NOT expect that he can play center, he CAN'T or defense.
On the contrary, a defenseman or center can EASILY play wing on a moments notice.
That's why my draft philosophy is taking centers with your first pick, focus your high-end acquisitions on that position, then take defensemen in quantity, not quality as you move down in the rounds, you can put either D or C at wing, but not the reverse, so stock up where it counts
