Quintessential 2nd-Pairing-Dman and 2nd-Liner?

[Montecristo]

Carlo and krejci

 

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When I think brindamour I think 8 70+ point seasons and a playoff performer. Not really second liner.

He played behind Lindros, Francis and Staal his entire career. He's either an underwhelming 1st line center or an elite 2nd line center, I think I'd rather have the second. Guys like Brind'amour, Kesler, late period Yzerman, Toews, they're associated with winning as reliable, responsible 2nd line centers.

 

[BlueBaron]

Morgan Reilly and Mitch Marner

Pretty sure the Op does not ask for petty, nonsensical comments. try again.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Justin Braun. Perfect 2nd pairing dman.

 

[tny760]

kesler or carter as far as the 2C

probably good enough to be 1C on a lot of teams, but a handful for most other 2nd lines

 

[GoldOnGold]

Craig Smith for 2nd liner

 

[LordNeverLose]

Calvin de Haan

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Brendan Gallagher and Petry

 

[The Joker]

Sami Vatanen and Kyle Palmieri

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Steve Thomas, Patrick Sharp, Seabrook those guys were IMO

 

[57special]

Mostly agree on brodin, I'm just interpreting quintessential differently. It's a positive descriptor for me. His lack of offense is severe enough that he's not really who I would want on the first pair. However he'll lead a shutdown pair admirably. The kind of player a coach would love to put out there to keep his team out of trouble for 20 minutes per night

Maybe we can agree thta he is a complimentary 1st pairing guy to an offensive dman like Klingberg or EK, or a leader on a 2nd pairing. He has better skills than most 2nd pairing guys, but is a reluctant contributor on offense.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Kronwall Tatar

 

[Jay haller]

Steve Thomas, Patrick Sharp, Seabrook those guys were IMO

Yes, maybe as a center, heck no”

 

[Jay haller]

Andrew Ladd, Michael Nylander, Johnny Oduya, Jason King,

 

[Cowumbus]

Foligno Savard

 

[MackAttack26]

Marco Scandella. Perfect 2nd pairing dman.

 

[DJJones]

Hamonic and Backlund for Calgary.

I'd say they are good 2nd liners. Not necessarily average ones.

 

[Not Jared Cowen]

Paul Martin, Andrew Cogliano

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Landesokg & Barrie
Stepan & Hjlamarsson
R. Smith & Schmidt
JT Miller & Shattenkirk
Backlund & Hamonic
JVR & Gardiner
Statsny & Parayko
Henrique & Manson
J. Staal & Pesce
M. Perreault & Myers
Palat & Stralman
Tatar & Green

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Gretz, Lemiux and Howe were all 2nd line to my 3 crated players lol

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Marcus Johansson is the epitome of a second like forward

 

[Volica]

Michael Frolik.

The guy's a pure 2nd liner. He can produce (40-45 points a season). PK 1. PP 2. Tough match-ups all night. Swiss army knife, maybe Czech Army Knife?

2nd Pairing? Those are harder to peg. Petry would be a good name. Gardiner.

 

[Calgareee]

I'd say they are good 2nd liners. Not necessarily average ones.

I wouldn’t say they’re average second liners. But the question was quintessential second liners, or guys that are the definition of what a second liner should be.

Both of these guys fit that description to a T.