When you face the Habs, opposing teams know all they need to do is focus on stopping Suzuki. Once Monahan went down that was when Suzuki started struggling. Habs need to surround their good young players with better support.
I agree.
But a legit first line center is going to produce no matter what. That's what makes them true number ones.
And look at CC, he continued to produce. It didn't matter that Suzuki dropped off, he continued to score goals. If he didn't get hurt, he'd have had a real shot at 50 goals this year on this offensively challenged club.
Maybe Suzuki's nursing an injury and we don't know it. But the bottom line is that he's still unproven as a number one. And that's too bad because I thought this was the year he was going to do it.