Ran into this article that I thought was interesting; Mentions Monahan specifically as well.
TL;DR always send down your 18 and 19 years regardless of how good they are.
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The list of players who are NHL-ready at 18 or 19 years old is really not very long at all. More often than not, sure, someone who's the first overall pick or something is for-sure 100 percent able to play in the NHL and be competitive. Far less often, though, someone who's, say, a mid-first or even high-second round pick makes a club and is capable enough.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...iacontentstory