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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
That's really weird about Gaudreau. For anyone who has been paying attention, what's the problem? Is he not working hard and making mistakes? Is he just not gelling?
I never held it against him leaving. He gave the Flames his best years and didn't owe us anything. It didn't seem like a great career move though by likely losing some career earnings and leaving a city where he was a rock star and would have been in the rafters one day.
I doubt he would come back, but I would take him back.
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Probably the product of apathy and a bad team. The few games I’ve seen of Columbus, they’re awful in all areas of the ice, but especially in the defensive end. They get routinely hemmed in their own zone, so they spend entire shifts defending which is a big waste of minutes that would otherwise be spent generating in the offensive zone. I mean, I haven’t looked into it, but I can only imagine that his offensive zone time has been cut severely since changing teams which would leas to a significant dip into his offensive production.
I think that’s why Gaudreau needs to be paired with a really strong 2 way centerman. Someone who can kill plays, stop the cycle and play a connected brand of hockey. He probably doesn’t even need a center who can drive play as he’s always been the guy who stirs the drink. He just needs someone to help hide his deficiencies in the defensive zone and who can help support his transition up ice and can also finish in the slot at a high level. That’s probably his ideal centerman, not Boone Jenner who’s probably a #3C on a deep team?