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Originally Posted by Shazam
I wouldn’t worry about the first line. Right now teams are trying to stop that one line and giving everybody else free reign. There’s little else they can do. I’m not even sure teams are trying to win against the Flames anymore at this point in the season.
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I’m honestly not necessarily “worried” about our top line and let’s just be a bit more specific here- Monahan and Lindholm. Gaudreau still looks effective every night and trying to make things happen but it’s tough with line mates who are fighting it. Sorry let me be more specific, I’m only worried if he’s injured.
But even though I’m not worried it doesn’t mean that in a game where that line was awful and posters say they were awful that the over-the-top group think defensiveness needs to blow up here. I called a spade a spade in that Monahan played badly. Disagree if you think he played well but to throw a tantrum about an opinion is fairly childish.
It’s not about being always negative or always positive it’s about discussing the game. If it helps all the bruised feelings here for me to comment on things that went well? How about how damn good line 4 is? But 900 posters already talked about that. So I was bringing up another topic. That Monahan sucked. This shouldn’t be a crime. This isn’t Oilerville. It also doesn’t mean he won’t get out of it. But I do have legitimate concerns on his health as we saw this last year and he’s repeating the process this year. And what did we find out at season end? He was hurt and playing through it. That’s not acceptable this year as we gear up for a playoff run. If he’s hurt- sit him. If he’s not- what’s going on?
That’s all I’m saying for all the sensitive ones.