The most frustrating thing for me, since Peters arrived, has been player utilization.
The way that lines are set up always looks like someone loaded up a video game and set up the lines by 'player ratings'.
Gaudreau doesn't by default make his line the 'first' line.
Tkachuk - Monahan - Bennett
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Mangiapane
And i'd be glued to the screen. For all anyone knows, Bennett could be an outstanding centre, but we will never find out.
Lastly, I think the dropoff in defensive play between Lindholm, Bennett and Backlund isn't as far as people like to think. And some of the credit for that goes to Backlund. I think that he is a natural coach.
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