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Originally Posted by TheSquatch
Yeah, fair, Tkachuk is genuinely dangerous.
Yes, I am leaning hard here, and perhaps ridiculously so, although if that's the case it's not intentional.
The Flames had a great season. Moreso, they did it on top of a goaltending performance that was... well, kinda awful early one. We were all happy to play the Avs (instead of a team like Dallas, for example, who have successfully stifled the Flames for years). And then got trampled. Absolutely trampled. And you can say it was overtime, and you can say it was a post away or whatever, but the truth is, big picture, the Flames had no answer for a fast, hard-nosed game. They were shell-shocked, as a group.
Monahan's part in this is that he did nothing in the playoffs. He got a goal from the slot. Woo. I thought his play after the break was half-hearted (actually I was convinced he was injured). Same in the playoffs- watching him actively avoid hits, failing to engage in battles... I'm watching him thinking "This guy doesn't like hockey." James Neal played the same game. Perimeter game, waiting for the puck, or ... something.
So I'm stuck at "This guy has a knack for popping in shots from 3 feet out." That's not trivial. 30 goals. But he doesn't have a knack for back checking, doesn't have a knack for getting to deep pucks first, doesn't have a knack for knocking snot out of people.... like, there's a long list of stuff he really should be better at, no?
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I have been pretty vocal of Monahan past years, he did prove me wrong at times (great goalscorer), but he is exactly what I said he is 3 years ago. No passion, no drive, just floating and whipping the puck to the direction of team mates and hoping for the best, mostly. I am disappointed, because I wanted him to prove me wrong, he just hasnt.
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