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Originally Posted by AcGold
Monahan having by far one of his worst games as a Flame then you compare it to Hudler whom is also off his game? He started 0 for 8 and fell on his face and stayed there for more than an instant under his own freewill, sure he was better than Hudler some times but they were both pretty bad. TOI is not indicative of a positive performance. How can you really defend an 0 and 8 start with little to no puck possession and an inability to stay upright?
How is being one of the worst players on the team not being a liability? Sure everyone has their off games and maybe he'll get a hat trick next game, it is what is and doesn't make sense to defend one of Monahan's worst Flames games ever. Has he ever been 25% or less in faceoffs? I'm not piling up or criticizing him but what happened happened and it confuses me why you guys are ignoring the obvious.
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On Hartley's team TOI is an indication of what Hartley thinks the player has done so far, and what he is going to do, so positive poerformance or not - it's an indication of whether he is a liability or not, and whether Hartley thinks he's hurt.
25% is low, but that number easily changes because its based on a really small totall (12 draws). He has in fact had 27 and 29% nights in the last couple months, and been in the 30s many times as well (which really amounts to a one or two faceoff difference). Had he won a scramble draw (and there were lots) he'd be at 33% which he's done a bunch of times this year. Two more and he's at 41% which is close to an average night for him.
This was hardly his worst game either. He was not a defensive liability - he just couldn't find a lot of room.