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Originally Posted by Parallex
That's a rather large leap of logic... what they say is that thus far he's been more lucky then good. Which is true unless one is to believe that he's going to maintain a shooting percentage of 31% over a full year.
All stats are, ideally, is a record of what has happened they (stats) don't make judgements like "needs to be better".
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True, but I see what he's saying. The advanced stats say he and his line mates are getting outshot so improvement is needed. Feedback from people watching the games is generally that he's holding his own, and his scoring while unsustainable does suggest decent skills and instincts there. A perfectly valid read is a young player who has some growing to do but is not completely over his head so why not let him grow in the NHL.
By the way, I assume there isn't enough data yet to isolate Monahan's performance from his line mates?