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Originally Posted by transplant99
The guy needs to figure it out or get out. He has a real opportunity to be the guy everyone wants him to be and to be the guy he is being paid to be. Let's see if he is able to take the next step and actually play the way he can.
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What do you mean by "figure it out?" He's small and he's light. He's never going to be a Fleury or a St. Louis. He's not even going to be a Kane. The only way he can avoid getting rubbed out by opposing players is to evade them. Anad as we're seeing, he has less space and time in the playoffs because all players have less space and time.
Maybe if he dedicates himself to working out seriously, he can get a little stronger on the puck. But not much. He'll never be a guy who can skate through the whole opposing team in a tight playoff game. So he needs the help of teammates to be effective, someone who can share the load of carrying the puck. Teammates who are more dynamic than Sean Monahan.
I'm not sure what else there is he needs to figure out.