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Originally Posted by Love
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.
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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.