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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
This whole agenda to make Gaudreau and Monahan 200ft players needs to stop.
A game at home and you give them 20% offensive zone starts and tougher matchups.
Surprise surprise they got caved in by the Leafs.
Shelter then and let them put up points, should have tried to make them more complete players when they were 20. Might be too late to turn that ship around now.
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This has nothing to do with their deployment. They are getting caved in because they
a.) can't get the puck out out of their zone on most nights
b.) can't cycle the puck down low on most nights
c.) teams have figured out how to defend them off the rush
This isn't how they're being used. They're not winning battles on most nights. When the opposition consistently tries to match their best offensive players against those two players, theres something to that.