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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I remember thinking last year when the big 4 were all point per game or better and having career years, that if that production wasn't sustainable the Flames were going to fall off a cliff when it normalized.
Add to that Gio having a Norris season and being 35+ and also due for a drop off in play. Yikes.
Can still be a winning team, but they really need an upgrade at center.
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I think Gaudreau/Monahan's struggles have lifted a lot of attention away from Giordano this year.
He's made a lot of dumb plays, but I think that's stemming from him just trying to do too much, knowing that the offence is really struggling, so you see him being overly aggressive with pinches, etc.
The thing that troubles me far more, is that defensively, he's just not winning battles along the boards, or 50/50 pucks at the unreal rate he has in past years. Last year, when a rebound or whatever, went to the corner, and he had to go from in front of the net to the puck, him coming away winning that battle was basically an automatic.