With no scrums, no fights, I am curious about what playoff hockey even looks like.
This leaves the game to be full policed by the refs, which has always been problematic. Does that mean it'll be easier to basically make gaudreau and monahan non-factors after playing them extra physical, which often makes them both disappear?
Or are teams left playing more by the book, in which high end skill is the true differentiator, making gaudreau a possible playoff game breaker??
It feels like just really poor timing to have brought in lucic. With no scrums of fighting, it feels like it speaks to the flames lack of actual forward talent depth if he's a guaranteed spot of the 12 forwards.
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