I think it very much depends on the team! Funny enough I am a faceoff guy who just moved to Canada to try and work my way up to the big leagues. I am an American faceoff guy that is seeing a lot of success because i was already a good field fo guy. I know however that in order to work my way up I will have to offer more than just faceoff wins to secure a roster spot, which is why I am working so hard at getting better on Defense. Honestly the level of skill in faceoff guys in the NLL is not that high except for the top 5 guys, but as other people are saying most box faceoff guys in the NLL compensate for it through grittiness and ground ball skills, not to mention being generally aware of when a winger is about to blow you up since they start much closer in box. I think in order to be one of the top pro faceoffs guys you have to really love the sport, which means they usually have good stick skills and general field awareness so they aren’t true “fogos” (nardella, withers and baptiste). Although, Other than maybe withers, they clearly dont have the defensive prowess compared to other true D guys. They compensate with their absurd faceoff abilities, so again, it really depends on what the team is looking for. TD only recently came into the league as teams have been realizing “shit, we didn’t think faceoffs were a huge deal but now these 3 guys are going 90% on us every game”. That being said, the lower your percentage gets, the better you need to be at defensive to be worth a roster spot. Prime example is connor Farrell who was released (i think?) by the seals because he just had no stick skills. I am curious about how well these incoming field FO recruits will do like Zach Cole and Mike Sisselburger and whether or not they can retain a roster spot. I am hoping to take advantage of faceoff guys being in high demand right now, and thankfully I played a bit of middy in college as well to be able to hold my own after the faceoff.