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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Here is a list of players who are still with the team from Hartley's time:
Mark Giordano
Mikael Backlund
Johnny Gaudreau
Sean Monahan
Sam Bennett
That's it. That's literally it unless you want to include one game where Hartley coached Kylington against the Wild.
So do you believe it's Gio or Backlund who won't commit to a system?
Or let's assume it's the other three. Well they were all out there as a line today, meaning that the rest of the game they were not out there, and none of the other lines were executing successful breakouts and zone entries either.
Even Brodie is gone, replaced by Tanev.
We've had an almost complete roster overhaul, and I don't thinking changing three more players suddenly makes 18 other guys start making 5 foot passes.
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My view is that it is the top forwards that need to be changed. One can decide how far down that group to go - but that's the part of the roster that has been relatively untouched.
And again it might simply be that talent for talent, our top line players are not as good as other top line players.
I think Gio is different. I think Bingo was right when he observed that Gio has had to, for his entire career, perform at his max to prove himself. So when he hits the playoffs, he doesn't have another gear. He operates at his highest gear always.