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Old 03-19-2018, 12:45 PM   #9295
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Exactly. With him leading the charge down the middle we’re not going anywhere. How is our number 1 center slow as molasses, horrible defensively, can barely skate the puck into the zone, timid, weak along the boards and not anything special as a passer? Guy is just as vanilla as they come. He puts up numbers on the board, but he isn’t a real game changer. This goes beyond the stats on hockeydb. He just doesn’t have the tools or ability to create or drive the offense at all and for a team with hopefully playoff and then in turn also cup aspirations, that’s not good enough. He’s the Langkow to Johnny’s Iginla.
Play Monahan away from Johnny the last games of the year and see what happens. He's top 10 in the league, maybe even top 5, at one thing - scoring within 8 feet with his shot. I'm not sure he's a number 1 center at anything else.

Did things come too easy for him? Hes been a 20 goal plus scorer from day 1, he's never really had to develop anything else.
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