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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I hear a ton of complaining about personnel decisions, but what other right handed centermen do we have who can take draws? I don't see anyone complaining about Treliving's decision to sign Brouwer for $4.5m or spending a 2nd rounder on an equally bad faceoff centerman in Curtis Lazar. That pick and those dollars could've easily been allocated to a better player who can actually win draws or play with some pace or just be good. This is a flawed roster and we need to add some better forwards if we want to contend. We've been very fortunate with Gaudreau and Smith's incredible play up to date, but night after night, we're not getting enough from too many guys.
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Monahan, Bennett, Stajan, Jankowski - they all have better face-off winning % than Brouwer. I don't care about handedness, Brouwer had lost two straight face-offs and Gully used him AGAIN - despite the fact he'd been on the ice for a minute and a half straight.
Even if Brouwer wins that face-off - what's the plan? Brouwer straight to the bench? Or was he planning to keep using him in the 4v4? So you're choosing to play the worst player on the team in 4v4 hockey while he's north of 90 seconds into a shift?
There's no defending leaving Brouwer on the ice. It was a coaching decision that directly led to the team losing the game.
The problem with this team continues to be generating offense. Lines 2-4 settle for low quality shots that generate nothing, which puts all the burden on Gaudreau's line to generate scoring chances. I'll agree that the roster is flawed, but only as flawed as the system that preaches "50/50" hockey during 5v5 play. The team doesn't generate offense 5v5 at an acceptable rate...they also don't generate offense on the PP at an acceptable rate.