Article: Yakov Trenin Can Help the Wild Unleash Joel Eriksson Ek

[Kalisha Turnipseed]

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[Pewterschmidt]

Well holy crap, a Google search confirms that Center is T-bags natural position.  Ummm why didn’t we see him skate a shift at center last year.  Was it his lazy unmotivated play thru 82 games that made Hynzy say no to Center.  4th line wing was his ceiling last year…if we can motivate him to be a functional 4th line center next season that would be a coup for bill.  

[Imyourhuckleberry]

2 hours ago, Pewterschmidt said:

4th line wing was his ceiling last year…if we can motivate him to be a functional 4th line center next season that would be a coup for bill.  

Pretty sure he played 3rd line wing a significant amount. He had a bunch of games where he was on the ice for over 14 minutes, including a dozen where he was on the ice for over 15. 4th line rarely sees 15+ minutes.

While I understand that some of this was due to injury, some of those games happened early in the season when the Wild were pretty healthy. I'd put his ceiling at 3rd line. He can play C, but it's certainly not his main NHL position.

[WildNotMild]

Maybe the Wild should consider moving Ek to the 4th line.  After all, unlocking the scoring potential of the 4th line wingers is a solid strategy to winning games, especially in the playoffs.  This would allow him and Trenin to play together.  This would also allow Gaudreau to move up another line which half of the people on this forum have justified really hard. (Heavy sarcasm).