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Originally Posted by SilverKast
...I mean, a 30 goal center is still great to have, but he has all the tools to be more than just a cream puff goal scorer.
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Which is exactly why I find it a little silly that so many are ready to give up on him following a disappointing playoff performance. Monahan has not been a consistently dominant line driver over the course of his career, but he certainly has shown this ability in prodigious stretches—even this season.
I still believe he is going to put it all together, and I remain confident that the team can in fact succeed and win a championship with him centring the top line. So much of the resigned acceptance of his supposedly limited skill and passivity is exaggerated by the two-week playoff window in which the Flames, and their top players played about as poorly as they had all season long.