Ever since the Vancouver Canucks acquired center Brandon Sutter, coach Willie Desjardins has tried playing him with the Sedins.
When he first put them together last October, people were confused. The Canucks brought in Sutter specifically to be their number two center. Why, then, were they deploying him in a position he had never played before?
Playing a centerman at wing is hardly unprecedented. Ryan Kesler, for example, played on Mats Sundin‘s wing during the latter’s brief tenure as a Canuck. Markus Granlund played wing on Sutter’s line until recently.