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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I personally don't see Gaudreau ever putting up the same type of numbers under Gulutzan. The Flames are essentially mirroring the Penguins under Mike Johnston. He came in with a defensive system and while the team did improve immensely it came at the expense of offense as the Penguins only scored 221 goals in an entire season under him which they are on pace to pass at about the 65 game mark this season under Sullivan. The Flames may not even hit 200 goals as a team this season which will be 30-40 goals less than what they were scoring under Hartley. It's hard to see things getting any better unless Gulutzan makes some offseason adjustments as it's clear is system as-is will not get this team where it needs to be.
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This.
If we are going to be going with a physical and defense-first team, a player like Gaudreau becomes less effective. A guy like Landsekog would probably be much more effective to the team success.
A player's worth is very much determined by what they have done recently and the longer Gaudreau's skill is being made ineffective, the harder it will ever be to get full value for him.
Gaudreau is 100% one of the most skilled players in the league and would certainly be top 5 in scoring in the league on a lot teams, but he won't be on a Gulutzan team. You can say get rid of Gulutzan then, but he is the type of coach that Treliving and Burke seem to want, so it may not make a difference.