I understand the opinion that we don't have a center very top quality like Crosby, McKinnon or Toews. Danault isn't in that category, not even Bergeron or Kopîtar level. But he does his best. What I don't understand of Danault bashers is how do you get a better C?
How do we get that centerman, we do like this tv ad, we shake a bag of cat food and the cat arrive, is there is a top center food bag that we can shake and boom the centerman better than Danault arrive? It doesn't mean we will never have better than Danault as a center but the reality is it's so hard to get one. We traded Galchy for Domi and still it's not enough. Plekanec retired and is replaced by Danault, about the same.
Why Timmins did not draft Carter or Getzlaf, Zejak, Kopitar, Giroux and Bergeron, they were all avalaible. At least, like a consolation price, like an unemployement check, we have a middle of the first round center drafted by Chicago that does a decent job. We don't have anything else, no ufa centers wants to come here and we start bashing that brave guy who is giving his best. At his age, Danault can be there when the team will be better. He is not a problem on the ice or off ice, so why some people are on his case? We can keep him until a better ufa sign or a better center developp.
