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Originally Posted by redforever
I never took his post that way.
I took it to mean he has a knack for being at the right place without doing all the flashy stuff. That's good enough for me.
He doesn't have to get banged up like Nieuwendyk to be an effective player for the Flames. I don't think he will be the overall player like Nieuwendyk, few are, but he has the hands and the nose to be in the right place at the right time. His hockey IQ is exceptional.
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Actually, I think I like your Nieuwendyk analogy the more I think about it. He was a guy that wasn’t flashy, not particularly fast, decent size but definitely not a big hitter or physical in that way. His toughness was like Monahan, willing to pay the price to get in the tough areas to score.
And his goals, so many of his goals you weren’t even sure they were his at first. He would just stand in front of the net and use his elite hand eye to tip pucks into the goal. His shooting percentage was crazy high for a while because he didn’t shoot much, and many of his goals didn’t even involve him taking a shot.
So like Monahan, he was stealthy; a solid, smart player, who just produced.