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driveway · 03-03-2014, 07:47 AM

Monahan had good assist numbers in Junior, consistently getting more assists than goals. It's entirely reasonable to expect his assist numbers to increase as he gets more NHL experience and better linemates.

Re: Monahan's shooting percentage. He started out the season on a scorching hot streak, after 9 games - when the decision was made to keep him in the NHL - he had 6 goals on 21 shots for a SH% of 28.5%. There was considerable howling from the blogosphere that the Flames were being stupid.

Since then, he's had 12 goals on 71 shots for a more human, but still excellent 15.4% shooting. Currently active players with career shooting percentages between 14.5 and 15.5 include, Nathan Horton, Mike Ribeiro, Crosby, Vanek, Glencross, Selane, Lucic and the oft-compared Jonathan Toews.

From watching Monahan, I felt like a lot of his goals so far have been right-time/right-place goals and goals from in front of the net. I decided to confirm or deny my impression by going back and watching all of his goals so far this year, because I have nothing better to do...

Of his goals, exactly none have come from outside the face-off dots, and in my notes I characterized 10 of his goals has having come from "right-in-front," these being right around the crease. We've also seen his ability to shoot in the shootout, and he's scored some really nice goals on great shots, but, again, every single one of his goals come from shots inside the dots.

A large number of his goals came off the rush, both with him completing some nice passing plays, and shooting himself, and he's always, always going to the net.

Only one, maybe two, of his goals would I consider 'lucky'. The one that was for sure luck was against Colorado, when a shot bounced in off the defender, the other was against the Rangers when he managed to knock a bouncing puck around Lundkvist. Everything else was skill, and a lot of really nice skill.

This leads me to believe that Monahan is the kind of player who could maintain a career shooting percentage near 15%, with his demonstrated ability to finish plays, go to the net, and possessing what I think will come to be an underrated shot.

One thing that doesn't look like it's part of his game yet is deflections in front. None of his goals have come this way. With his 6'2" frame, hopefully he develops this skill, it'd be really nice to see him standing in front of goalies on the powerplay, particularly with his demonstrated around-the-net sense and hands.

We got a good one in Money, I'm looking forward to watching his career.

03-03-2014, 07:47 AM	#914
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	Monahan had good assist numbers in Junior, consistently getting more assists than goals. It's entirely reasonable to expect his assist numbers to increase as he gets more NHL experience and better linemates. Re: Monahan's shooting percentage. He started out the season on a scorching hot streak, after 9 games - when the decision was made to keep him in the NHL - he had 6 goals on 21 shots for a SH% of 28.5%. There was considerable howling from the blogosphere that the Flames were being stupid. Since then, he's had 12 goals on 71 shots for a more human, but still excellent 15.4% shooting. Currently active players with career shooting percentages between 14.5 and 15.5 include, Nathan Horton, Mike Ribeiro, Crosby, Vanek, Glencross, Selane, Lucic and the oft-compared Jonathan Toews. From watching Monahan, I felt like a lot of his goals so far have been right-time/right-place goals and goals from in front of the net. I decided to confirm or deny my impression by going back and watching all of his goals so far this year, because I have nothing better to do... Of his goals, exactly none have come from outside the face-off dots, and in my notes I characterized 10 of his goals has having come from "right-in-front," these being right around the crease. We've also seen his ability to shoot in the shootout, and he's scored some really nice goals on great shots, but, again, every single one of his goals come from shots inside the dots. A large number of his goals came off the rush, both with him completing some nice passing plays, and shooting himself, and he's always, always going to the net. Only one, maybe two, of his goals would I consider 'lucky'. The one that was for sure luck was against Colorado, when a shot bounced in off the defender, the other was against the Rangers when he managed to knock a bouncing puck around Lundkvist. Everything else was skill, and a lot of really nice skill. This leads me to believe that Monahan is the kind of player who could maintain a career shooting percentage near 15%, with his demonstrated ability to finish plays, go to the net, and possessing what I think will come to be an underrated shot. One thing that doesn't look like it's part of his game yet is deflections in front. None of his goals have come this way. With his 6'2" frame, hopefully he develops this skill, it'd be really nice to see him standing in front of goalies on the powerplay, particularly with his demonstrated around-the-net sense and hands. We got a good one in Money, I'm looking forward to watching his career.