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Originally Posted by Hackey

I'm not saying he's not a good player. And I also didn't say he's not elite at his position. I'm saying paying him to be the top or 2nd guy on the team is a bit of a concern to me. The guys making that kind of money should really be able to drive the team and be consistent top of the league players. I have concerns that Gaudreau and Tkachuk can be those guys.

The top pairs in the league have Kucerov and Point, Mackinnon and Rantanen, Pastranak, Bergergon, Marchand, Barkov and Huberdeau, Crosby and Malkin, Ovechkin and Backstrom, McDavid and Draisaitl, Matthews and Tavares, Etc.

I'm not saying they can't be the guys to lead your team, especially if you can surround them with good depth (another challenge in itself), but from what I've seen the last 2.5 years it's definitely concerning to me and I don't to have a ton of faith they can be those guys.

One of those top pairs got past round 2