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Originally Posted by Ashasx
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I would agree with Kent on his summation. Gaudreau was the top producer for the Flames in their first playoffs run. 16/17 post season was a struggle for all the forwards at even strength. Even if the stats don’t show it, Gaudreau was pivotal to the power play’s success against the Ducks as he is the primary PP quarterback from the flank. Similar story in 18/19 as well, forwards struggled to produce. Gaudreau was basically double, triple teamed the entire series and the entire top 6 was also basically shut down; so I don’t really buy into the whole Gaudreau can’t do it in the playoffs narrative.
It’s like when Iggy and Fleury were around and all the onus was on them to bring their teams to the promise land on their backs. But all of these guys made up 33% of a line that make up 25% of a forward line up. Or in other words, they need help. It seems to me that this franchise is doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over and over and at some point, something needs to change, especially the mindset of this fanbase. The sword doesn’t always need to fall on just one guy.