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Originally Posted by lvsteven
So everyone loves them some monohan lately.
My father made a great point though to me, his hockey I being about 50-100x greater than mine.
The league has a history of pooping promising 19 year Olds out after Huge promising start and excreting 20 year Olds who just aren't the same.
He specifically used an example of a maple leafs defenseman. Think it was a defenceman. He's on the flyers now and has never been the same after the first season.
Anyhow... What say you?
Does monohan have the hallmarks of a guy you can build around or will tomorrow dictate his career?
It might be nice to see him play for team Canada. If worst came to worst.
Since you all have a better hockey IQ than me, what do you think?
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Sounds like his example was Luke Schenn. I dont think thats a great comparative as we all know the NHL learning curve for defensemen is typically much longer than for forwards.
A lot fo young players have suffered from a sophomore slump after having a great rookie campaign. A lot of these same players have gone on to be top level talent and excellent hockey players.
I think a kid like Monahan, is an avid hockey learner, wants to get better, learn from the veterans and coaches, is going to be fine. He doesnt strike me as a petr Prucha or anything.