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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
He was getting double teamed with his teammates standing around not getting open or bothering to help.
You see what you want to see, in my opinion.
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I guess so, the same probably applies to you though.
This is where Johnny gets the puck. The left D is covered, and Rasmus is turning back into the corner to support Johnny wide open either for a pass directly into the corner or behind the net to Rasmus, and he has Monahan available with a short reverse off the boards, which he normally does all the time drawing the forechecker to him first. He also has fresh legs at this point, and could just speed behind the net and out the right side, which he does often as well to attack the offensive zone at top speed.
One forechecker on him, and instead of doing either safe pass he stops up and tries to stickhandle through the Jet forechecker so that he doesn't take contact, losing the puck.
Gaudreau is our most important forward in terms of creating offense and maintaining possession. IMO, Gaudreau tends to overhandle the puck when he's frustrated and makes bad decisions more often than not.