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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I don't really get where the "Split Up Gaudreau and Monahan" angle comes from this year. They've been fine together this year and if anything we need to find them a RW.
TOI: 346 Minutes
Corsi For: 50.3%
Expected Goals For: 52.5%
Goals For: 13
Goals Against: 9
Even more with at least one of Gaudreau or Monahan on the ice this year we have 17 Goals For, and 11 Goals Against at 5v5.
You'd hope for higher GF volume but they are trying to be more responsible defensively and so far they've been okay at it.
The problem is we have 40 GF, and 45 GA with neither of them on the ice this year.
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Mony-Gaudreau are just the tempting whipping boys as we were already getting ready to trade one of them since last season seemingly and they aren't producing 1.5 ppg.
The bigger problems on this team right now:
- Backlund has been better the last 3 games, but before that was having one of his worst defensive seasons ever. That has been pretty crippling.
- Our defense is actually quite bad. Rasmus has not taken the step we all hoped, Valimaki isn't quite ready for big time and will likely never be as gaudy as he looked in Finland, and while Hanifin is solid defensively and looks better offensively he has virtually no production to show for it. Meanwhile Gio is very obviously aging into oblivion.
- Markstrom has been wildly inconsistent since injury. Probably needs to be forcibly shut down for another week to heal and get the head back on straight.