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Originally Posted by ricardodw
6 games 1 hit 1 blocked shot .. 42% on faceoffs. Monahan is playing a small man's game.. not the role we need him to play.
Send him down before he becomes accustomed to it
He is only just 19 .... He has a good taste of how big and fast the NHL is. He needs to go and knock and play a big man's role against some guys his age. Focus on winning 60% of his faceoffs. Next year he will be bigger and faster and be more willing and able to play the role the Flames are counting on him for.
Jonathan Toews spent a full year in the NCAA after being drafted 3rd overall.
Very similar body types and hopefully Monahan turns out like Toews.
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Your whole insistence on blocked shots and hits is really tiring, but I'll just say this:
Toews had (in 64 games) 27 hits and 13 blocked shots, if you boil that down to 6 games, you're looking at 2.5 hits and 1.2 blocked shots per 6 games stretch. As well, his FO% was 53.2 to end the season.
If he stays, he has plenty of time to get there, there is no evidence to suggest Toews started off at that pace (which is only MARGINALLY higher than Monahan).
Calm yourself, your RGR has already been proven as totally useless, so if you're going to say Monahan should be sent down, then at least use a better reasoning than him playing a "small" game. He uses his body out there, he's just not hitting (which is an unreliable stat, as every building counts hits differently).