When Alex Galchenyuk was taken third overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Montreal Canadiens fans felt that their team had finally added the first-line centre the club had been lacking.
He made his NHL debut in the season immediately following his selection, playing all 48 games of the lockout-shortened 2012-13 campaign. He scored nine goals playing the role of a winger, with a total of 27 points, and finished ninth in Calder Trophy voting.
It seemed that his time on the wing was a temporary solution to get him accustomed to the NHL, but as the seasons wore on, he got no more than a few brief stints at his natural centre position.