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Originally Posted by colbym72
Would like to see Gaudreaus minutes bumped up. Our depth is wonderful but we need the top guys to win it for us. Staying out of the box would help him too
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Yup. I think the way you counter MacKinnon's minutes is you play your top line for more than 14-15 minutes and make the Avs play defence. I wonder if too much emphasis was put on line matching at home, whereas on the road you mostly just let your guys play.
Of course, that requires the top line to be able to sustain pressure in the O-zone -- perhaps you give Frolik or Backlund some PK minutes and let Lindholm focus solely on 5-on-5 and the PP1.
GFG!