Plekanec - Solid 3rd line center or Impact player

Key Lime · Guru

Plekanec - Solid 3rd line center or Impact player

Saku11 · Senior Member

Pleks to me, is an absolute 1st of second line center this already this year. no doubt. Great creativity on the ice and battles hard

barry33 · Guru

Saku11 wrote:

Pleks to me, is an absolute 1st of second line center this already this year. no doubt. Great creativity on the ice and battles hard

I guess 2 things will dictate it...time and how he progresses, and what role Gainey and then Carbonneau slot him into.

Muller93 · Guru

Solid third liner. May step up on occasion due to injury and play second line.

Desi · Senior Member

On the current Habs team, Pleks can be a decent 3rd-line center forever and ever. On a better team with more talented wingers (either in Montreal or wherever he ends up next) I think the guy could be a 50-point player. He's got good speed, good moves, a knack for getting the puck on net, and he plays with intensity. I'd like to see the Habs keep him and find some talented wings to play with him.

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Habtastic · Guru

He really is a bigger, but less talented Koivu. As Koivu is an excellent 2nd line center who can play decently as a 1st, so is Pleks an excellent 3rd line center who can play decently as a 2nd. I guess it comes down to whether decent is enough, or if you want excellence at the position. I really like Pleks and Bulis together on the 3rd line, but they need a two-way winger with physicality and goal-scoring skills. Edmonton's Dvorak would be a shoe-in. Lapointe might also be good. I don't know of anyone on the Habs right now who could truly compliment them. Maybe Latendresse down the line...

Habtastic

P.S. Pleks has to improve his draws if he is going to stay at center. 50% is a good night for him and that is not good enough.

plouf · Guru

Habtastic wrote:

He really is a bigger, but less talented Koivu. As Koivu is an excellent 2nd line center who can play decently as a 1st, so is Pleks an excellent 3rd line center who can play decently as a 2nd. I guess it comes down to whether decent is enough, or if you want excellence at the position. I really like Pleks and Bulis together on the 3rd line, but they need a two-way winger with physicality and goal-scoring skills. Edmonton's Dvorak would be a shoe-in. Lapointe might also be good. I don't know of anyone on the Habs right now who could truly compliment them. Maybe Latendresse down the line...
Habtastic
P.S. Pleks has to improve his draws if he is going to stay at center. 50% is a good night for him and that is not good enough.

Summed it up perfectly.
Plekanec looks like the real deal, a solid regular for the future, though probably not a #1, but he hasn't even proven himself over one full season. There's a lot of hyperbole right now.