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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I don’t know the stats, but from a pure eye test I dont understand why we put Monahan in the shootout. Seems like he always skates in at a slow speed and fires a wrist shot directly into the goaltender. Reminds me of Igina in the shootout. Not his forte for sure.
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It is because he has scored a tonne of shootout goals. “No this forté” indeed.
Here is one reason why checking the numbers and not just depending upon the vaunted “eye test” is actually useful.