Dylan Strome makes a case to keep centering the Chicago Blackhawks’ top line — but it might not matter in the end

Chicago Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome is the victim of a classic chicken-and-egg debate.

Strome blazed through March with 10 goals and 10 assists in 14 games. A Jan. 21 home game against the Minnesota Wild kicked off a stretch of 16 goals and 16 assists in 30 games.

But shouldn’t a center playing on a top line — particularly one with Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat — be expected to put up those kinds of numbers?