Interesting article at the Athletic today from Kent Wilson regarding Monahan;
https://theathletic.com/962771/2019/...r-no-1-centre/
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It wasn’t just the fact that Monahan’s scoring numbers cratered in the final quarter or so — his entire game fell away. His possession rate dropped to 13th amongst regular Flames forwards during this period, worst on the team. In terms of high danger and scoring for and against chance rates, only James Neal finished below Monahan. In terms of expected goals for ratio only Sam Bennett, Monahan and Neal were underwater in the final 30+ games. In contrast, eight regular Flames forwards were above the 54 percent rate by XGF during this period, which means Monahan wasn’t just struggling – he was struggling during a time where most of the team was outshooting and out-chancing the bad guys by a fairly wide margin.
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Maybe there's something behind the scenes we don't know about but the team probably needs to get a good handle on how his game eroded. It's one thing to slump but to have your 1st line center be your worst possession forward is a problem that can't be ignored or treated as a fluke.