Canadiens’ Top Six Center Duo Ranked 14th In The League

The Athletic’s Harman Dayal has ranked every top-six center duos in the league from best to worst, and unsurprisingly, the Montreal Canadiens didn’t land very high. Kent Hughes has tried multiple times to fix the gaping hole that is the Canadiens’ second-line center role; he acquired Kirby Dach, who turned out to be more of a winger. He picked up Sean Monahan, whose tenure was punctuated by injuries. The following year, he acquired Alex Newhook, who also turned out to be more of a winger, and this past year, the role fell to Oliver Kapanen, almost by default.