torlev*
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Why not? If a player brings _decent_ 2nd line scoring and a high end all around game, in my books that makes the player am excellent 2C. Look at the guys who scored around 45 pts last year and tell me they aren't 2C's either ... Hodgson, Vermette, hell Kesler is right in there. So much value can be found beyond goals and assists that it is ridiculous to define the quality of a player by whether they score +5 or -5 points of some arbitrary number.
Put it this way, Colorado has three centres that scored more, plus RoR who played wing, but is a natural centre. Anaheim had two that scored more, and a third that would have if he'd played a full season. Boston had three. LA had two, and their third line centre wasn't far off. They've got a fourth that'll pass that next year.
On the better teams in the league, that kind of production doesn't belong in the top 6. Not even close.