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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I know this is somewhat tongue in cheek but I think it's just so dumb.
Monahan takes the most punishment of any player on the roster. He's a gamer, his body is just broken.
If the Flames had other players willing to take that kind of abuse maybe they would've won more games and maybe monahan wouldn't have to take so much of it.
Agree he needs to work on his skating though, it's easily his worst physical attribute and is what prevents him from being able to play a 200ft game.
My biggest takeaway from that Peters interview is that I think Backlund is gone. He was absolutely horrific in the post season, and if lindholm is going to be playing centre, it's not going to be on line 1.
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I didn’t get that feeling at all. Backlund is the team’s best overall center. Really surprised you can have this take on Backlund and yet praise Monahan who at times looked like the worst skater on the team post all star break.
You said it yourself he has trouble playing a 200 foot game because of his skating. Personally I think it’s actually his awareness a lot of times that gets him into trouble when he’s puck watching.
Backlund at the very least, holds his own against the top players in the game and when he and his line have a good night, it almost always results in a win because that means his line is shutting down the opposition’s top lines while scoring at the same time. That’s why it’s usually him that’s entrusted to match up against the Mackinnon’s, Crosby’s, McDavid’s and etc. It would be a colossal mistake to move him.
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