Gaudreau for Ekblad would be one of the stupider things this team could do because I don’t know if people have noticed but the reason for our failures has been an inability to score in the playoffs. Team needs to focus on generating offence in the playoffs and that means moving Gaudreau and or Monahan for people that are willing to drive the net and go to the dirty areas but still have some talent.
Easier said that done but that should be the goal because that’s how you get out of round 1. With this offence this team is not getting out of round 1... that simple. Look at 5v5 last two playoff rounds. We don’t need a 3rd year to confirm what we already know. So even if you downgrade a bit on talent by moving Gaudreau yet acquire someone who is not afraid of dirty areas you may want to consider it. Ekblad doesn’t solve any problems.
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