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Originally Posted by AC
Gaudreau has never come across as a player that doesn't care to me. If anything I think he lets his frustrations get to him too much. That much has been really visible the last several years.
I'd put him at the polar opposite end of the spectrum from Dougie Hamilton when it comes to caring about the outcome of hockey games.
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Yeah I understand what you’re saying. Just not sure what happened against Colorado and whenever anybody plays him in tight checking he is a massive shrinking violet- Monahan too which is worse because he has some size.
I distinctly recall one scrum I think it was game 5 against Colorado. They covered the puck and there was a small scrum. Johnny got put in a headlock and Monahan was standing next to him... staring at him... then turned and floated off to the bench. Just infuriating.
They’re going to need to get tough, dig deep and have some guts / courage. Push back, get in their faces. So that’s kinda what I’m getting at. Trying hard by skating perimeter in the playoffs is like trying really hard to empty a bath tub with a thimble.. it just doesn’t do much when push comes to shove. And I don’t even mean just pushing or scrapping, I mean grinding through hits, blocking shots, playing with max intensity and most importantly going to the tough areas (front of the net) and driving the play to the net.