Monahan's not been playing great but hard to crap on the guy, he killed himself for the flaming C last year playing with multiple bad injuries and even if he's just a sniper, he's a damned good one and it's one of the toughest things to find in hockey.
I agree that sometimes it's just time for a shakeup.
Really like the first line when firing, Monahan shoots, Johnny carries and dishes and Lindholm retrieves pucks and pretty much does everything else passably.
Think if you move one off the line you want to replace the skillset... to me to closest guy to Monahan is Janko, he's got a great shot and also can join the rush quickly. Wouldn't mind seeing him get a shot there for a game and putting Bennett back with Tkachuk and Backlund. Though a potential Frolik-Monahan-Czarnik third line doesn't inspire a lot of confidence or probably send a great message to Monahan.
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