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Originally Posted by Bingo
Not sure I agree.
Ideally you complete the Trottier Bossy line with Gillies, but sometimes you just don't have one lying around.
Monahan and Gaudreau have the finish and creativity to get things done if they don't spend too much time in their own zone. If Simon gets them out of there better maybe it doesn't matter if he's literally invisible offensively.
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I didn’t want to defend Ward too much over this one aspect, but that makes sense, and gets at what I can only imagine is the rationale. Maybe every shift Simon helps them exit, then beats it to the bench for a better offensive guy (jk).