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Originally Posted by BrennyBaller
All true, but still saying "the Flames have only drafted 3 core players" (Roberts, Macinnis, Tkachuk) is ridiculous.
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I didn't say that.
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Originally Posted by BrennyBaller
Gaudreau has been the heartbeat of our offense for 5+ seasons. He's having a horrible year, and the Flames are looking average because of it. Guaranteed if Johnny gets going even to 85% of last year, our team play and offense will improve dramatically.
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I think people overstate Gaudreau's importance somewhat. He's not our only good offensive player. Calgary is not a 1 man team. Gaudreau didn't make Lindholm last year. Lindholm was as key to that line as Gaudreau was if not moreso. And now they are apart guess who is still thriving and who is struggling? Lindholm and Rittich have arguably been our best two players this year. Gaudreau one of our worst.
We've seen very little evidence that Gaudreau is willing to do the things needed to return him to being a star player. How many months do you wait for Johnny to get going? How many years? Do you just hope and pray? Doesn't seem like a sound strategy.
Gaudreau has the rest of the year to prove to us, management and the coaches that he can take his game to another level and fight through checking and frustration. If he can't prove that then I think Treliving will be forced to move him next summer.