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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't get it. The Flames play a "heavier" game without Gaudreau because they are freed from watching out for him? This doesn't make much sense to me.
How many Flames not named Gaudreau do you see shaking their hands after every slash, complaining to the ref from their ass, and looking like wet toilet paper in board battles. When games get 'heavy' and physicality escalates the Flames have 1 super juicy target for other teams to zero in on and he compromises the fact that every other Flame intends to win / survive the escalation.
I love Gaudreau and the excitement he brings, but he doesn't compliment a truculent team as well as a team built around speed, finesse, and avoiding a physical stand off.
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What the hell are you talking about? When Gaudreau is on the ice he's the main focus of the other teams best players. Our other players aren't getting the same treatment because we don't have other players like Gaudreau. He's been a game changer ever since entering the league.
You aren't seeing other players shaking their hands after vicious slashes because our other players aren't getting viciously slashed. Size makes no difference to how well you can take a hit to the most vulnerable part of your body. It's not like Gaudreau has ever been injured before so there's no case that he's more brittle than bigger players.
Gaudreau doesn't compromise anything by being on the ice and your post makes 0 sense.