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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Yup. absolutely correct, every player has slumps and dead periods.
If you look at Johnny, his dead period is almost feeling like a calendar year now, he fell apart in the second half last year, and he hasn't been awesome this year.
But like others I do question the leadership group, there are too many long stretches of uninspiring hockey or even lazy hockey this year.
I also think for some reason that there are serious chemistry issues on the ice, I still don't like their breakouts and offensive zone play that much.
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This is pretty accurate. Gaudreau has been playing poorly for nearly a year, to the point of hurting the team with his turnovers. But some of the supposed leaders of the team have been extremely disappointing and invisible for long stretches.
People often talk about building around Tkachuk but he goes invisible often and like Gaudreau, I suspect he is more likely to be an important piece on a good team than the guy. It just seems that there are not enough players on this team who know how to win over a prolonged period in the NHL.
Seems the Ward “bounce” was a team thankful to be rid of their ####### coach and we are back to where we were.