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Originally Posted by Love
I've gone in depth multiple times. I think outside of shooting the puck, Monahan is the definition of mediocre. Maybe even below that.
He is slow as molasses and can't carry the puck. Not anything special as a passer, not physical at all or much of a leader. Sucks along the boards (cycling). His lack of speed makes him a liability defensively.
I just don't see the #1 center in his game outside of being exceptional at shooting the puck and I think if we ever want to be a true contender we'll need better.
Historically looking at cup winning #1 C's, he isn't in the same stratosphere. He's barely a #2C. Malkin, Kuznetsov, Krejci, Carter, Richards. He would be the fifth best #2C... Monahan leading us down the middle means we aspire to be no greater than a St. Louis / Minnesota 2.0.
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There you go.
Now if you had a) done that instead of the drive by and b) done it in a post about Monahan, or the Flames structure up the middle ... you would have been off to the races!
Sadly neither was the case