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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
It’s not what he is capable of, that’s not in question
T99 - Nobody wants to see the player get ‘driven out of town’, the desired outcome is for him to be a reliable dependable professional who puts his work boots on and does the things that make him successful
But he isn’t doing that. He is the highest paid guy, and appears to have checked out. I don’t want to see a sulky half Tkachuk dragging his ass around and getting nothing done
If he decides that he will be a problem and doesn’t want to play his best here, he has to go
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He was an upper tier player the previous 4 seasons.
He has been "off" for 50 games.
Players, even young ones, have poor seasons. It happens.
Even including this year....since he entered the league he is a top 50 producer offensively in the entire NHL. Do you think that his drop off this year is because "he doesnt want to play his best"? Even when his entire history points to the complete opposite?
If we are gonna ship out every guy that has a bad season and chalk it up to "doesnt want to be here"....this club will be where so many seem to want them going forward...perpetually at the bottom.
Gaudreau has been "off" for more than 2 calendar years and people are clamoring for him to stay and some to even give him a raise. Yet he is very limited in what areas of the game he contributes, whereas MT can and has made a difference in every aspect of the game in seasons past.
Its just so odd to me what some people value over others in terms of players.