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Originally Posted by dino7c
It would be nice to see Gaudreau play with top end talent. He has been playing all season with a NHL tweener and Monahan who can only do one thing well (and he isn't doing it even)
If Gaudreau gets the right situation he is gonna light up the league again IMO. This is the guy that has dominated international tournaments.
Its probably not hard to shut a guy down if he is the only one on his line doing anything.
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IMO that ship has sailed. Treliving blew his chance to build around Johnny. Unless Johnny does the team a favour and signs a reasonable deal it’s time to move on. I just don’t see 30+ Johnny dominating the nhl. He has lost a step no question one more and he can become very ineffective very quickly
Too many rumours about health and lifestyle tells me he won’t age well. Time to move on. Not holding on to him because he lit up the 2016 World Cup. That was 5 years ago. Nobody is suggesting Johnny was never a great player
He’s clearly lost a step. When he first came into the league he was famous for blowing by dmen and ripping around the net for wrap arounds. He was faster in the past but those plays are non existent. Blame monahan all you want but 9 mill+ players should be able to create offensive with a lessor caliber center. Monahan isn’t great but he was good enough before. Johnny is slipping and it isn’t shocking. Superstars that play 15 years don’t just show up for training camp and announce they are here. They put in 8 hour shifts 6 days a week all summer.