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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
How anyone can watch this team and come to the conclusion the star players are playing the same game as last season.
Johnny and Matthew did what they wanted, Huberdeau and crew are doing what the system wants.
John Stevens even said that he knew Sutter was not happy with the stars last year padding stats and playing for numbers. You aren't going to bench two 100 point players to teach a lesson so he just rode that line.
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They're not playing the same game because they're different players.
Sutter spent all season talking about how Gaudreau was learning to play on the defensive side of the puck, and getting better at it.
That's following the system.
They were better offensive players, and scored more often in the offensive zone.
I don't think the system changed. Nor do I think there's a laundry list of restrictions of what happens in the offensive zone other than simple F3 and pinch accountability.