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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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How much of that is on Monahan though?
Certainly a large part of it would be his lackluster effort and unwillingness to get greasy when things aren't going well. You're certainly not asking Guadreau to go out there and do that.
All playoffs this year, I've watched players you might hold in a similar regard to Monahan step up and rise to the occasion for their teams. So far, all Monahan does is wilt like a sick houseplant unless it's watered on a daily basis.