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So, after endless talk about how McDrai play too much from Babcock (Gregor actually brought up how Babcock said this years ago after he beat us as the Leafs coach too), McDavid is playing the most per game of his entire career under Babcock :)

Maybe can blame injuries a bit, but I still have a very hard time imagining how any coach could get more out of this depth we have. Nuge remains incapable of creating much 5v5 as a C, which has been the story his entire career. Dickinson even if healthy is not a 2nd line offensive C. There is simply not much there to work with.



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