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Originally Posted by Azure
Lots of garbage being thrown around.
I think it was obvious Johnny needed someone who can drive the play on his line. A true #1 center is a tough ask, but if we could move Monahan down to the #2 spot the team would be a lot deeper.
The Capitals are a great example of why you don't blow everything up just because of 1 or 2 early exits. Lots of people questioned their core, and yet they still went on to win the cup.
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People keep bringing up the Capitals.
I am sorry but Backstrom and Ovechkin are not Gaudreau and Monahan. You are comparing this core to a team with arguably the greatest goal scorer of all time. Backstrom and Ovechkin have always scored relatively well in the playoffs. Not to mention they have another gamebreaker in Kuznetsov
How about the Flames after the lockout as an example instead? Iginla, Regehr, Langkow, Kiprusoff... keeping the core together did nothing for the Flames. Or the Sedins in Vancouver.
Sometimes you need to realize who is a clutch player and make appropriate changes.