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Originally Posted by djsFlames
And 2/3 of the season.
I wonder if he's going through things in life and hasn't had his mind in hockey. Never seen a guy dominate so many levels, look to be steadily improving then just hit a wall for months of a season and look frustrated almost every night. He used to play a step ahead of all the bigger players, hence why they couldn't slow him down. Now he's playing at their speed and can't get around them for his life.
He looked like a 3rd liner this series. Bennett, on the other hand and who plays on the third line, was far better.
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Or other teams have just figured him out. I can sit and watch the game now and predict accurately every single time they try that drop back, let Johnny carry it in from his own blue line play they do every power play he's on the ice. It's ridiculously predictable, and once it's predictable, it's easy to shut down. He's super creative around the net and in the slot, but there is only so many ways he can get in that deep. And it seems like teams are just flushing him to the outside and smothering him before he gets in too deep. He's not ever gonna power his way through so the options he has are limited.
If may be as simple as the book is out on him now, and the jig is up.