All this talk of Monahan not being a #1..
How many 70pt 2nd line C are there in the league?..two if you count Malkin and Point who have #1 C talent.
Monahan is a #1 center, there is no debate in that.
The problem is we don't really have another guy we can slot in to insulate him when he is struggling outside of Backlund who is more of a shutdown center.
Maybe roll with Lindholm at center for a bit and see how that works:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Neal
Tkachuk-Monahan-Czarnik
Bennett-Backlund-Frolik
Mangiapane-Ryan-Hathaway
Jankowski has 2pts in his last 15 games, in case we wanted to complain more about our center ice production.
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