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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Not the same situation or the same age but Gaudreau just had an equivalent increase from his previous 2 years.
But yeah, here Kadri would have Mangiapane and Toffoli. Not two of Rantanen, Landeskog, Nishuskin, etc. or Makar supporting. Kadri was either filling in for Mackinnon and getting 1C minutes, or super sheltered as a C when Mackinnon was in.
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Regarding Gaudreau when I take the production in a bubble it does light a red light in my head. However, when I consider that he was playing with much better line mates(Monahan, Ritchie), and a new coach that rounded his game and made his game more mature it doesn’t really fit that narrative. In addition he showed the ability to score 99 points in a previous season. For me he has proven beyond all doubt that he was the driving force behind Gaudreau-Monahan all along. I’m personally more worried about paying Tkachuk as a 100 point guy.
Kadri largely seemed to be in the same situation, on the same team, with the same line mates, for the same coach.