I wish I had come to this earlier because I can't weed through the three pages of intolerably silly nonsense about how "advanced" stats are unreliable for this, that or the other reason, confusing shots with real-time stats like hits and blocked shots, and some guy referring to Corsi as "Corsica". What the ever-loving #####? If you don't know, just keep your mouth shut. It's embarassing.
As for the subject of the article, he's wrong for one simple reason. Monahan has played better than many players on this team. He has earned a spot. I firmly believe that if you don't give the spot to the player who earned it - whether it's for ELC reasons, or because you feel he might progress better in junior, or whatever else - you are sending a bad message to your team and failing to create the proper atmosphere. All other considerations aside, an NHL team should always be a meritocracy. Which is why Brad Richards gets scratched for playoff games.
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