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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper

Not his fault. This team should’ve lost more and drafted Mackinnon, Barkov or Draisaitl. Gaudreau is a solution, not a problem. This team just needed more solutions to be a contender. But they decided to pay for problems (Neal, Brouwer) and now those problems are creating more problems for this team (Nordstrom, Ritchie, Simon and etc).

*Also, I’m not saying these individuals themselves are necessarily problems, they’re decent player. I just mean they ended up being problems on this team specifically because they either slotted poorly or were bought out and etc).

Those guys aren't problems if they are paid accordingly and on the 4th line where they belong. You find these kind of guys on every championship team and they are key in the playoffs. Simon and Nordstrom have made key contributions in the playoffs for the Pens and Bruins. Role players are an important part of every championship team. It bothers me that a few on this board think we need to get rid of veteran role players and replace them with prospects who aren't suited for the role.

We need to stop blaming the top guy and we need to stop blaming the 4th line role guy who gets paid less than $1 million.