Young Centers in the West

[TheHighHat]

Look at the very young centers of 5 of the non playoff western conference teams below.
I don't ever recall seeing that many teams with at least 3 centers deep that young that have very good to high end potential.

Teams listed alphabetically

Anaheim
L. Carlsson
M. McTavish
R. McQueen

Chicago
C. Bedard
A. Frondell
S. Boisvert
O. Moore

San Jose
M. Celebrini
M. Misa
W. Smith

Seattle
M. Beniers
S. Wright
B. Catton
J. O'Brien

Utah
L. Cooley
C. Desnoyers
C. Beaudoin


Anaheim, Seattle, and Utah are currently ahead of Chicago & San Jose as far as being close to making the playoffs, but for how long?

Not every center listed above will pan out or stay at center, but all I know is that Dvorsky better be a stud or we're screwed.

How would you rank the 5 listed teams centers on potential?

[BalotelliMassive]

Frankie Nazar is Chicago's best center

[TheHighHat]

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Is he staying at center or will he be moved to wing once Frondell and/or Boisvert land?

[BalotelliMassive]

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Is he staying at center or will he be moved to wing once Frondell and/or Boisvert land?

He's a better center than Bedard.

[TheHighHat]

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Is he staying at center or will he be moved to wing once Frondell and/or Boisvert land?

He's a better center than Bedard.

Your guys are going to be amazing in a few years.

[BalotelliMassive]

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Is he staying at center or will he be moved to wing once Frondell and/or Boisvert land?

He's a better center than Bedard.

Your guys are going to be amazing in a few years.

Still a hope. The end of last season was the most fun that I've watched in 5+ years. The expectation is to be extremely young while competing for a lottery pick.

[diehardbluesfan1]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

[BalotelliMassive]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

Detroit's system is ranked higher somehow...

[Natl20]

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Is he staying at center or will he be moved to wing once Frondell and/or Boisvert land?

He's a better center than Bedard.

Your guys are going to be amazing in a few years.

That'd be quite the improvement, maybe they can get out of last place first lol

[diehardbluesfan1]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

Detroit's system is ranked higher somehow...

I do t get it. San Jose has three legit potential #1 centers. How do you beat that?

[BalotelliMassive]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

Detroit's system is ranked higher somehow...

I do t get it. San Jose has three legit potential #1 centers. How do you beat that?

San Jose doesn't gave any defense...

[TheHighHat]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

Detroit's system is ranked higher somehow...

I do t get it. San Jose has three legit potential #1 centers. How do you beat that?

San Jose doesn't gave any defense...

You're correct with one major exception:
Sam Dickinson. He's going to be a stud.
I thought Grier was going to offer Darche an asset to move up to get Schaefer.

Regarding your team, please rank your centers and d-men in the order of upside from your perspective.
Also, predict what current center(s) will eventually end up on the wing.
If both of your young RHD reach their potential, the Hawks are going to be dynamite for years.

5 more early picks next year in a deeper draft. Unreal.
Davidson better not do anything dumb (major reach) next year.

[kimzey59]

San Jose is just gross scary. 3 years from now they will be unreal

Detroit's system is ranked higher somehow...

I do t get it. San Jose has three legit potential #1 centers. How do you beat that?

San Jose doesn't gave any defense...

You're correct with one major exception:
Sam Dickinson. He's going to be a stud.
I thought Grier was going to offer Darche an asset to move up to get Schaefer.

Regarding your team, please rank your centers and d-men in the order of upside from your perspective.
Also, predict what current center(s) will eventually end up on the wing.
If both of your young RHD reach their potential, the Hawks are going to be dynamite for years.

5 more early picks next year in a deeper draft. Unreal.
Davidson better not do anything dumb (major reach) next year.

Don't forget LSW either.

[Cahokanut]

Look at the very young centers of 5 of the non playoff western conference teams below.
I don't ever recall seeing that many teams with at least 3 centers deep that young that have very good to high end potential.

Teams listed alphabetically

Anaheim
L. Carlsson
M. McTavish
R. McQueen

Chicago
C. Bedard
A. Frondell
S. Boisvert
O. Moore

San Jose
M. Celebrini
M. Misa
W. Smith

Seattle
M. Beniers
S. Wright
B. Catton
J. O'Brien

Utah
L. Cooley
C. Desnoyers
C. Beaudoin


Anaheim, Seattle, and Utah are currently ahead of Chicago & San Jose as far as being close to making the playoffs, but for how long?

Not every center listed above will pan out or stay at center, but all I know is that Dvorsky better be a stud or we're screwed.

How would you rank the 5 listed teams centers on potential?

Interesting.
We Basically have Dvo. I hate to say it. But Steens looking (bleep)

[Barksdale's People]

Lots of optimism in this thread. Copy the names in the OP and come back in a decade. Some of them will be superstars, some will be good, and some will be long gone from the teams that drafted them.

In 2020 the Kings had the top farm system (according to ESPN). Next was the Rangers, Senators, Wild, and Red Wings.

Outside of the Kings and before this year New York has any of those teams even graduated to consistent playoff teams, much less a favorite? I say the Rangers and their Presidents Trophy is the only example of a bonafide contender out of 5 teams across a five years sample.

The Stars meanwhile with Robertson, Oettinger, and Harley in their system were 21st. (Blues- 28th)

I’m not saying these teams won’t build better than the 2020 examples but at least one of those fanbases (and probably more realistically two or three of them) are going to look back at the prospects in the OP and wonder what the heck happened.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/455 ... redictions

[BalotelliMassive]

Regarding your team, please rank your centers and d-men in the order of upside from your perspective.
Also, predict what current center(s) will eventually end up on the wing.
If both of your young RHD reach their potential, the Hawks are going to be dynamite for years.

Center depth top to bottom: Nazar, Bedard, Frondell, Boisvert

Both Bedard and Nazar have played well on the wing but it's still too early to tell.

On defense I have Sam Rinzel above Levshunov due to experience and how they're both looked at the NHL level. Ethan Del Maestro is probably the next best after that.