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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yep. It’s actually kind of a big problem Canada wide. Canadian hockey fans always blame the stars for not getting it done, but maybe the stars just didn’t get the required help.
Same thing that’s happening with Tkachuk and Gaudreau, happened with Iggy’s era. Everyone blames the core, blames the room, pointing their fingers at the wrong people. Then what happens is those players move on to different teams like Sam Bennett has with Florida and kills it there because they’re finally playing with actual good players.
It’s why Canada is #1 in NTC, NMC and etc. We drive good players away and then we get leftover junk in the UFA market which in turn kind of creates sort of a vicious cycle. If Gaudreau and Tkachuk get moved to deep teams in the summer and get to play with other elite players, they’ll probably win Cups while leading their teams in scoring while we sit here wondering why they couldn’t do that with us.
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The problem still remains that our elite players are not good enough. Is Johnny or Matthew winning the cup as the best players on their new teams? I doubt it but they are clearly the best players on the flames.
Supporting cast is a part of it but our best players are not good enough also. Why is everyone scared of Tkachuk’s next contract? Because they question if he is good enough to get paid $9M.