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Originally Posted by Dagger
It's written poorly but the reasons why it's written are valid. Monahan is supplying points now, but statistics suggest he's going to eventually fall down from this pace....and the question becomes is it worth keeping Monahan up for a whole year to play 10-12 minutes a game with little to no PP time? He's 8th amongst Flames forwards in PP time and he's getting just over 13 mins of ice time with these numbers likely decreasing as Stajan and Cammy come back into the lineup.
He's doing very well, and it's a thrill to have him up so it really comes down to if you think he's better playing 10-12 minutes(with the occasional scratch being a possibility) in the NHL or going back to dominate the AHL, because he isn't going to score at this pace throughout the year which takes away a lot of the "good" that he brings to this team right now.
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Of course he isn't going to score at this pace throughout the year - we would win the Calder, Richard and likely Ross trophies if he did . He's also not going to stay at 8th in ice time. For crying out loud the kid has played five games and seems to be adjusting ok. Do you suppose he might just improve his game and take over a bigger role over the year? Not in terms of points of course.
It's fine to predict he will regress point wise - that's a no brainer - but why does that have to mean he regresses play wise? From what I've heard of him I fully expect him to end up >50% on face offs for example.