When Martin Hanzal was signed after the opening bell of free agency, the obvious question was, “Does this mean Jason Spezza will move to wing?” At the time, I thought not. After all, Ken Hitchcock had spoken highly of moving some players back to center, and prior to July 1st, it seemed like Tyler Seguin and Spezza were prime candidates to resume their pivot(al) roles on the top two lines.
There was some talk from Hitch earlier this month that he was comfortable rotating centers depending on the zone they were in, and I sort of found my way to seeing Spezza, who has been one of the Stars’ best faceoff guys since his arrival, taking the bulk of the draws up the ice.