Maybe I shouldn't be but I'm always surprised at the advanced stat/possession guys refuse or fail to see development. Monahan's possession metrics have been improving bit by bit every season since he entered the league. He never had two-way players like Backlund or Frolik on his wing to boost those numbers either, he started out with Curtis Glencross and David Jones for the first bit of his career.
Development happens, and you can see that in the underlying numbers too.
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