Has Stank become the 2C?

[Panthers Fan 69]

I think he has finally become that 2C needed. Dude is the leader in the club house for the Conn Smythe… plays like he is 6’5. Scoring leader. Wins in the dot. Stanky is the man 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Only thing is he's a big mismatch defensively when lined up against a much bigger center.  It's not like he's going to police the front of the net as well as a bigger player.  But he's been fantastic.

[Anybodyhome]

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/3533281/red-hot-stankoven-grows-into-1-st-year-as-hurricanes-2-nd-line-center

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It had been a while since the Carolina Hurricanes had finished practice, with players coming and going from the locker room. Yet Logan Stankoven was still on the ice, leaving a crowd of reporters patiently waiting at his locker.

Such is the dynamic for the 23-year-old as the Eastern Conference's top seed heads into Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to face the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stankoven has been rolling at nearly a point-per-game pace going back to mid-March, including scoring in every game of Carolina's first-round sweep of Ottawa. Beyond the immediacy of that spotlight, though, is the other piece of Stankoven's story: the Hurricanes are betting he can keep growing into the role as second-line center, coming after spending multiple seasons searching for an answer there.

FULL ARTICLE IN THE LINK.

[Panthers Fan 69]

Mr Con Smythe he keeps this up.