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Originally Posted by madmike
The players should feel heat but what are you going to do? Monahan and Gaudreau are one-dimensional players. I honestly don’t see them having the skill or ability to be anything else. At the end of the day I think the tram’s biggest issue is its supposed top players are not complete players which is always going to limit the team’s ability to compete.
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Most skilled players can become good defensive players if they really want to. It's largely a matter of concentration and effort. Monahan's skating will hold him back from ever being elite defensively, but he can be better than terrible. If he wants to be. It isn't clear to me that he does.