Tripod
I hate this team
Im fine with either but like the poster below I think Laughton is going to have a good camp and make the team.
Also, with Couturier and Giroux already on the team and they will be the 2 best centers for the foreseeable future, Laughton (If he pans out) will just be our 3rd line center so playing him on the 4th line in his rookie year wont really hurt his development.
See I look at it the other way. If he is "just" going to be a 3rd liner at best, no sense starting him on the 4th line. Say what you want, but we have Vinny who will/should get 3rd line minutes. And with us having White who can win faceoffs, leg Laughton go to the AHL and take the next steps. Who knows, maybe give him a year and he has a Tyler Johnson like impact. Who knows.
I view it like this, in a 4th line C role, the difference between White and Laughton will be very little, if not in White's favour. Let him go get tons of minutes on the PP and PK and learn to play against men.