I don’t really disagree that he’s better than Backes or Acciari, I just don’t see him doing much on wing. He wasn’t good on Krejci’s wing earlier.
I could be wrong, who knows but I’m a fan of the move. I think TF’s size is a welcome change to the 3rd line. Not a fan of Backes there but who knows. I know Cehlarik looked good with TF in camp so if they get a RW for Krejci I’d like to see
Heinen-Frederic-Cehlarik
I wouldn't put him on the wing, that I agree with. JFK looked awful as a winger. I'd use him at C or not at all.
But they have depth issues at C.
Kuraly is a better LW (alot better IMO) than he is a C.
Acciari can play C but he's Acciari.
Backes I'd use at C but Cassidy won't.
They don't like Wagner in the middle either.
Nordstrom isn't a center IMO.
Neither is Heinen.
So why not keep JFK and bring up Frederic, let them battle it out to see who centers which of the two bottom lines? Frederic would look just fine IMO with Kuraly on his LW and Wagner on his RW. That's a 4th line I could actually get behind.