I have no problem with the demotion. I thought Gaudreau came out pretty high flying to start the game. He had his chances. But he's also near the top of the league in giveaways. He has multiple ones a game. Sure you can live with them when he's playing like his usual dynamic self and putting up points. But we've barely seen that payer this season outside of a few dominant games after his injury. Now those giveaways compound and result in goals against.
GG demoting him tells me that Gaudreau isn't leaning his lesson and something had to be done. This wasn't a single giveaway that resulted in the benching. It's game after game finally adding up and reaching a boiling point.
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