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Originally Posted by Teroy
Not sure I get the hate for Monahan. He's up and down the ice all the time. As soon as he doesn't score, some of you write him off. He's trying to cover both ends of the ice as a centre is supposed to do. Too bad that Gaudreau (and some of you) just feel that all Johnny has to do is wait for someone to help him out. This team will not get any better till we no longer rely on him.
But, I am most disappointed in Peters. His failure to change things up, especially the first line, definitely screwed the effort. His use of Jankowski, Neil and his line selections were choices that did nothing to help. That and the failure to utilize Bennett better was a sign of his short comings. As one of my Flames buddies says, "go jets go".
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Yeah, he's up and down the easy areas of the ice. That's about it. I wouldn't care at all if he had 0 points and was playing his behind off, stripping pucks and battling to create space. To not even see your #1 centre body guys or get back in the zone as fast as he can when the chance presents itself is beyond inexcusable.
You could create a highlight reel of the guy peeling from checks and avoiding contact this series and we'd likely be watching all day. Not enough when you see the likes of Seguin, O'Reilley, Couture, Mackinnon doing everything they can, every shift despite scoring or not.