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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Really looking forward to the playoffs. If they get by GR - and I think they will - they are in a great position to go very deep. God I wish Gaudreau and Arnold were there too.
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While I understand the offensive abilities both could bring to the team, I disagree and am quite happy that guys like Van Brabant, Gaudreau and Arnold are not being sent down. Strictly based on number, not based on name.
I think there is a fine line between adding offence to a team and stacking them for a playoff run and completely changing the team chemistry by adding new guys. If we were to add Gaudreau, Arnold, Poirier and Klimchuk and all 4 were put into the playoffs, we've just changed 1/4 of our forwards right at the end of the season. Same if Roy and Kanzig made it in, that's 1/3 of our defence changed. That's rocking the boat pretty hard. Yes they are supposed to be professional and yes you want payers to learn to play with other players, but considering 3 of 4 listed would be expected to be thrown into a Top 6 role, we've suddenly just changed the makeup of what got us to the playoffs and have done so well down the stretch. Reinhart/Granlund/Jones and Baertschi/Knight/Locke have been a consistent Top 6 for us. You add in Gaudreau, Poirier, Arnold and Klimchuk and how do you decide who becomes Top 6 and who loses ice time? We just don't have the room for that much Top 6 (or to be used as Top 6) talent right now.