Double Dion
Jets fan 28/06/2014
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Hockey is a team sport. It's funny how people rag on Gaudreau for being a playoff no show but guys like Tkachuk (5p in 15gp) gets a pass.
Gaudreau has had 2 unproductive playoff series where he was completely shadowed by the opposition. They were able to do that because nobody else is a real threat to create offense on the flames other than Gaudreau.
Gaudreau is a winner. He's won at every level - USHL championship, NCAA championship, and a WJC gold medal. Without him the flames don't even make the playoffs.
I don't always agree with you, but I like the thought you put into your posts.
I don't want to trade Gaudreau either. He makes people around him better and drives our offense. I look at Lindholm who is a 30 goal 70 point guy with Gaudreau and was a 20 goal 40 point guy before.
I also think your point on Tkachuk is a good one. Giordano also. They tend to get a pass for their playoff performances because they are "blood and guts" type players where Gaudreau is more skill and finesse. I appreciated the way both Tkachuk and Giordano tried to take on their share of the blame, but even with them doing that it seemed Gaudreau and Monahan were still the targets for the poor playoff performance. Really outside of Dube, Bennett, Lucic, Rieder and to a lesser extent Backlund everyone had a poor playoff performance up front. Brodie and Andersson were very good on the blueline too.