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Originally Posted by Kickazzflames
My biggest concern was maybe Gaudreau's choice to dump more. I am sure that Sutter likes that kind of play, but I think in Gaudreau's case, especially if he has the space he should carry it in.
Monahan was working hard to adjust to the new style and maybe he might find something there. I know I enjoyed Monahan chipping the puck in more as gaining the blue line has never been his strong suit.
It's minor, but 2-3 times I saw Gaudreau go for a hard dump when he could have gained the line fairly easily. I think once he adjusts a bit more to the system he'll find himself making that choice more naturally, cause last night, it just felt like forced dumps.
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This is another case of a star player in Canada like Johnny Gaudreau who can just never win. People rake him over the coals for his constant turnovers, so when he finally just makes the safe play to dump it in, he still gets criticized over it.
Fans will need to either accept the turnovers he makes if he does the carry the puck more or accept that he’ll be creating much fewer plays because he’s playing more conservative and dumping it in. We as fans cannot have it both ways, nobody bats a .1000. Personally, I’ve generally always been fine with his turnovers because of he has the rare ability to make and create plays out of nothing even if it costs his team once in a while.
I don’t mean to just single you out Kickazzflames as a lot of Canadian fans seem to do this. That’s why Canada is on so many No Trade Lists, because we’re too hard on star players.