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Originally Posted by JFK
It's funny how quickly narratives can change. The only truly poor playoff series Gaudreau has had was this year against the Ducks. He was good in 2015 against them and carried his line in 2015 in round one against the Canucks. Monahan and Hudler were banged up and borderline useless that series.
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Gaudreau wasn't poor against the Ducks this year. He and his line were snakebitten. There's a difference.
Gaudreau was much worse against the Canucks in 2015... invisible and not generating chances until game 6.
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Originally Posted by Regorium
I don't think we do unless one of Bennett or Jankowski puts up a consistent 70 points a year. I think this team is just starved for playoff offence (ie. Something that gaudreau just physically cannot consistently provide)
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If they're all playing down the middle it's kind of impossible for Bennett or Jankowski to do 70 points while Monahan is doing 60+ and Backlund is doing 50+. There just aren't that many minutes to go around. Even when Tyler Seguin was a point producer on the Bruins he was playing mostly on Patrice Bergeron's wing.