Again, DD is irrelevant right now...he's injured
Galchenyuk is playing center on the 1st line, Plekanec is on the 2ND line.
do I need to point out the obvious here?
Looking at how Eller performed as a center in the top 6, which he did pretty well IMO
Wouldn't it be nice to see how this team would perform with Galchenyuk and Eller as centers in the top 6?
No one at least a little curious?
Absolutely. Yet, not the coach. The obvious is that how stupid would a GM look if your 7M$ centerman is playing as the 3rd C? Clearly, Therrien still plays to keep his job, so would be immensely surprise to see the day Pleks is just a bottom 6 player. But yeah, I woud most definately do it. Eller played incredible these past weeks as a center and now he,s on the wings. Sure, he is "replaced" by Pleks....but I'm sure DD is not that far away on Therrien's mind. So if the idea is to finally ( I don't believe it for one second) to make Galchy a centerman...it will mean that Pleks will be #2C. At best, Eller will be #3C.
So maybe, just maybe, we could keep Galchy-Pleks as our top 6 C...but maybe moved whoever on the wings not named Eller...and that's INCLUDING McCarron, Danault and or DLR.
But unless proven otherwise, nope...DD is not irrelevant. Well not for Therrien.