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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Lindholm could potentially be that player.
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This team isn't going to have a Kopitar level player.
Issue is there are a handful of those players in the league.
But with Lindholm and Backlund at center the team needs those two to be able to fill the role that Kopitar did in terms of producing offense while also taking the tough match ups.
Not going to be able to replicate him 1:1 but needs to be done by committee by those two.
Problem with Gaudreau-Monahan-Whoever is that even against lesser matchups they haven't been able to product at 5v5 in the last 12 months. So they need to figure that out.
If Lindholm/Backlund can take the tougher match ups, and Gaudreau-Monahan get back to being able to outplay other teams third line at 5v5 then the team should be fine. Especially with how good Ryan has looked since coming back from injury and really anchoring a strong 4th line.