Monahan has done a great job considering he's a 19-year old rookie. You can see he oozes hockey IQ which is why it seems the puck follows him around on the ice. The only aspect I see where it's obvious that he's a rookie is he'll sometimes still be a little slow at getting rid of the puck as I've noticed it being taken away from him a few times just as he's about to pass it to someone... but he will and is adjusting to the speed of the game in the NHL.
Baertschi's been decent but not spectacular. Definitely seems to have chemistry with Hudler and Monahan and I think they'll start going in for him soon. He's been skating hard so it'll come. Kid has phenomenal vision and skill.
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