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Originally Posted by CGY12
You will never have any type of long term consistent success in the playoffs with Johnny Guadreau as your best player. He isn't Kane, he has no concept of getting pucks to the net, it is all about the fancy play with him, that last play in the slot with 10 seconds left and not shooting is inexcusable. Absolute perfect 2nd line type player, but going up against an a-hole like Kesler (puke) he has no chance.
Props to Monahan though, he has shown he can take the physical play and not shy away.
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I disagree. Gaudreau has shown the ability to elevate his game in the playoffs i.e. Canucks game 6 & Ducks game 3. He has the talent and skillset to create a lot of scoring chances that no one else on this team has.
But lets be honest here, Gaudreau is still one of the smallest players in the game, far smaller than Kane actually despite what the bios say. He's soft, shys away when the game gets overly physical and plays a perimeter game when he's scared to get hit to make a play.
At some point in his career, Gaudreau will have to take his off season training and diet seriously like Martin St. Louis did. He's going to have get stronger, tougher and meaner because it's obvious the refs aren't going to be saving him.