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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Tkachuk - Monahan - Mangiapane would be a better first line than the "league figured out" Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm. Let Gaudreau learn to adapt to Backlund's North/South game, instead of relying on Monahan's shot. If you don't think that he can do that, and feast on second line matchups, then for the love of Gawdin, just trade Johnny.
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Seems like there is no good market for Johnny right now. We definitely shouldn't trade him to trade him.
If T-B-M was a better first line, then they would be attracting the better defensive matchups and Gaudreau would be getting the left overs by that virtue. They only saw greater success because they were the ones getting the easier defensive matchups.