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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
A shame we never truly exhausted that idea
- When he rarely did center Gaudreau, it was also with AHL caliber chumps like Jooris, Chiasson, and Lazar. And even then, one of those stretches centering Gaudreau just happened to be a rough individual stretch for him period in terms of puck luck.
- He was never as good at faceoffs as he was this year, and yet this year he didn't play a lick of the position
- He only ever centered Tkachuk for about five games when Tkachuk was an 18 year old rookie still adjusting to the speed of the game. And even then, the winger opposite was Troy Brouwer.
- He hasn't seen top PP time since the old days of Bob Hartley
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I don’t think it would be the worst idea to explore the option of Bennett as a C again. I think Monahan and Gaudreau need to be broken up. Move Monahan to 2 and Backlund to 3 like you said. I think Jankowski is as good as gone after that playoff performance. He has his moments, but the consistency and drive just doesn’t seem to be there.