I’m trying to guess our center group. So far I’ve come up with nothing I feel certain about beyond Jack centering the top offensive line.
Jack centering the top offensive line
XXX centering the top defensive line
YYY centering the secondary scoring line
ZZZ 4th line center (most likely defensively focused)
XXX - Berglund, Sobotka, Larsson or even Sam.
YYY - Mitts, Sam or my longshot wildcard Asplund.
ZZZ - Larsson, Sobotka,Girgs or my buddy Asplund again. Malone could be a long shot here as well. But I’m thinking he gets another year with Amerks to work on the offensive side of his game.
Any of you feel more certain on how this sorts out?
I have a feeling Casey gets a loooong look at center. It’s pretty obvious that management views Mittelstadt as a superior *center* prospect than Sam, likely due to skating.
Sam should get a good look at center in preseason. The talk is, and has been for years, that Buffalo doesn’t have the wing depth and talent to spread out three centers. This is why Buffalo has rollled out 2/2 lines that is easily defendable.
Anyway back on topic, a part of me still hopes that sam gets a fair shake look at center in the pre season. Buffalo definitely has enough bodies at wing that he should get time there.
With that said, I still envision something along the lines of Eichel/Berglund-Sobotka/Mittelstadt/Larsson-Girgensons as our centers for at least the first dozen games or so.
I’ll still scream that Reinhart needs to get a real look at playing C this season. If management is worried about stability there then place a mixture of Berglund, Sobotka, Okposo, or Sheary on Mittelstadt and Reinhart’s wings and let them go.
