After Kadri got hurt, there was a lot of speculation on how to run our second line. Lehk Rants Bura? Landy Rants Bura? But really, there's only one game (game 4 of the WCF) in which Rantanen's main linemate wasn't JT Compher. Like it or not ... JT Compher was our #2C when Kadri was out.
I'm a big Rantanen fan, and so hope that if he spent the offseason and season preparing for that role he could be good in it, but I'm a bit skeptical. Rantanen is just so good in deep and along the wall.
While Landeskog is great on draws... that doesn't make him a center.
When I played I was a stone handed defensive D so I still have a pretty vague understanding of the defensive offensive breakout trap forecheck responsibilities of a center vs a winger. But Rantenen and Landeskog just read as natural wingers.
I'm a big Rantanen fan, and so hope that if he spent the offseason and season preparing for that role he could be good in it, but I'm a bit skeptical. Rantanen is just so good in deep and along the wall.
While Landeskog is great on draws... that doesn't make him a center.
When I played I was a stone handed defensive D so I still have a pretty vague understanding of the defensive offensive breakout trap forecheck responsibilities of a center vs a winger. But Rantenen and Landeskog just read as natural wingers.