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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
At what point is it on those 2 guys to find a way to adapt then if their game is exploited like that? The whole last season and a bit with Lindholm they were terrible as well. Monahan is trying to change his game to a 200ft game I guess. Johnny is what he is and that might work on a stacked team but not this one.
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Do you not see the real problem here?
The puck always funnels to Gaudreau! That’s what makes them predictable and easy to beat.
The strategy to defend a winger is infinitely more easier then if the puck funnels to the center. With a center, they have the entire sheet of ice to work with whereas if the puck funnels to your winger regardless of right (Lindholm) or left (Gaudreau), then the ice gets cut in half.
Centers win you Cups and this organization quite simply put, has not had the right centers to get this team over the hump and to the next level.