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Originally Posted by -TC-
I’m starting to suspect that 23’s injuries/surgeries have had a larger impact on his ability. He doesn’t seem to handle the puck or shoot as well since he got his bionic wrist.
13 needs fast guys to play with. The Flames aren’t fast.
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I don’t think it’s necessarily that Gaudreau needs to play with someone fast, sure it might help, but I think he can play with anyone at any speed. But what I think he needs is to not be THE GUY. He can’t be the first one the pass goes to, he needs the center to hold on to it more, exit the d-zone, navigate through the bodies and then drop it off to him so he can make plays.
Conversely, when Gaudreau always has the puck, it’s hard to just be dynamic when you’re double teamed and the boards are in the way and you only have one direction you can go or one guy you can pass to. The strategy is just too easy and predictable to defend.