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Originally Posted by KipperFaNaTic
I love the hype and excitement around Monahan but I'm hoping that we're not setting him up for unrealistic expectations. We don't want Phaneuf 2.0 again, where we turned on him as quickly as we praised him.
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For me, the difference is Phaneuf had all the tools and the speculation/hope was he would put it all together and be Pronger style elite two way defender. Dion had the physical gifts, but there was a lot of waiting and gnashing of teeth hoping he develop defensively.
Monahan, though, seems to be a much more complete player at his respective stage. He doesn't appear to be dominating physically like Phaneuf did, but, his overall game is better. He looks smarter out there.