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Originally Posted by the2bears
You seem to have an ax to grind.
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I honestly don't. It's an expectation thing. If we are going to compete we need to be strong down the middle and I'm concerned Monahan will never be dynamic enough or compete hard enough to be a true no 1. Granted he's young but I don't see much, if any, progression in the last 2 years.
I'm likely overly hard on Monahan as my expectations for him were / are so high. He has the smarts, passing, shot and face-off skills to be elite. IMO if he doesn't find another gear compete wise he will fall short of being the guy we need to beat the top teams.
Definitely no axe to grind. He's a good young player and a great guy. I'm not going to shy away from criticizing him on here though. I will always try to do it in a fair and constructive manner which I think I did here.
FWIW, I'll be wearing his jersey to the game tomorrow. Though I may burn it in the car park afterwards if he's a negative Corsi at home to the Coyotes.
Bear