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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Johnny Gaudreau is what he is, he’s an ultra elite offensive talent who can freeze defenders, break down defensive structures, draw defenders and create offense from nothing. The majority of Flames players we’ve seen pass through here have to play within the boundaries or the “rules” of the game to produce offense, Johnny and other elite offensive players like him can go Matrix at times and break those “rules.”
Since his arrival to the league, there are only 5 players ahead of him in even strength scoring. Kane, McDavid, Crosby, Kucherov and Marchand. That’s says a lot about where Gaudreau ultimately stands in the grand scheme of things, he’s up there with the elite of the elite and this organization has failed to nurture his abilities and over the last couple seasons he’s regressed because of it.
Gaudreau’s time with the Flames looks to be all but over at this point and I put that mostly on management for not recognizing and finding the right mix for him to succeed. The physical, dump and chase game was never going to work with Gaudreau because he has his own set of flaws. But the things he can do, are pretty spectacular and he isn’t going to be able to accomplish these things under the current circumstances.
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Don't disagree with anything you've said here. Frankly, the lineup is there to leverage Gaudreau's skills, but for some reason the team believes they are better off with Lindholm at center, which results prove is demonstrably false. They have mismanaged resources and it is nearing the point of burning it to the ground. Treliving should be shown the door and someone else should dismantle the team he's managed into the ground.