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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Gaudreau needs to stop whining after he gets checked off the puck and he needs to fight through it. The problem is, he may not be able to and depends on the referee to balance it out. However, the NHL referee is not there to to make sure a player doesn't get isolated, picked on, and eventually shut-down. They aren't going to call the borderline stuff on Gaudreau until he earns it by becoming a star again and stealing some of the limelight from the McDavids and Mathews.
Only then will Gaudreau start getting calls.
To get there, he needs to stop whining after he gets abused every time he has the puck.
The book on Gaudreau right now is be hard on him and make him pay the price to hold the puck. He'll either rush the play or dump it off early to avoid the contact.
The Flames need a bonafide top line right winger to take that pressure off Gaudreau.
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Great post!! Who could not see that coming.
Gaudreau was shut down on the road last year... How hard was it to figure out how to do that in Calgary when he has another Lady Byng candidate at centre and an older smaller no-hitter guy at right wing.
I thought the Flames could see that when they got Brouwer to ride shot gun on the first line.
Do the Flames man up Lucic style and make a statement that any and all dirty shots on Gaudreau will be met with immediate violent confrontation penalty or not. OR does Gaudreau start diving?
If Lucic doesn't score at all and lets McDavid be a 100+ pt player and Eberle a ppg player he is worth the 6M/year.
After Lucic grabbed Engelland after he bumped McDavid , McDavid had 5 non-contact periods and counting against the Flames..... seems so simple.