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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
If Sean Monahan isn't going to fight anyone ever, that's a problem.
Everyone fights. Datsyuk fought. Gretzky fought once. Crosby has fought multiple times. Malkin. Ovechkin.
Mike goddamn Cammalleri has a few tilts in his career.
Monahan is entering his 6th season in the league and I'm not sure if he's even sworn at another player. This is a man who's looked at as a leader. He is not above violence. He is 6 ft 3 and 205. He doesn't have to fight Ryan Reaves, but he needs to do something more than 'nothing'.
This is a player who hasn't averaged a hit every two games since his rookie year.
It's unacceptable. It's a problem. Maybe the biggest problem. You can maybe get away with Johnny being a bit passive. You can't get away with 2/3 of the top line being rigid pacifists.
Good men doing nothing is not the way you get your name etched on that trophy.
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The game has changed and there is no need for Monahan to fight. It's not part of his game, and never been part of his game. I think if you were expecting Monahan to play like Iginla and fight opponents than maybe your expectation of him may need to be adjusted. Monahan does not need to be in the box for 5 minutes for fighting, he is more valuable on the ice than the penalty box. You don't need to fight, or hit to be a tough player, he is constantly in the slot where defensemen like to lean on players to get them away from the front. And it would explain the broken thumb this season and wrist injury from last season.