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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I am a bit curious how much Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk were playing the system last year vs just kind of going a bit rogue.
The rest of team last year outside of the top line looked like and produced pretty much identical stats to the way the team is playing this year.
The top line last year was the exception to the system and I do wonder how much might have been those guys going "Screw it - contract year"
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Given the praise Sutter gave Gaudreau and Tkachuk, I think he was pretty happy with how they played. Especially Gaudreau, Sutter raved about him and didn't want to lose him.
There is absolutely nothing stopping him from putting in individual efforts. Watch his Florida highlights, and he would often get bursts of energy to force things to happen. I am sure Sutter would love to see that from him.