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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think they've been slow to change the forward group, but they've made significant changes elsewhere.
I would stop trying to surround that forward group with better talent. You aren't winning with them. They are the one constant. That's where the change needs to happen.
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Well they've made significant moves (all in the offseason) to downgrade the defensive corps and it took them until Gaudreau had just two years left to finally get a goalie.
I think you can win with Gaudreau and Tkachuk on your wings. You definitely can't win with seven NHL forwards in your lineup, though. But Brad's biggest mid-season forward acquisition of his tenure has been Curtis Lazar.
He does not make the necessary adjustments and I would be surprised to see him start.