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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not at all. I should rephrase that as "Monahan's staunch defenders should get thicker skin than to refuse to acknowledge the idea that he could be separated from Gaudreau"
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I have no problem with this. In fact, I have advocated for it on the principle that I think the biggest flaw in Monahan's game is that he defers to Gaudreau too much. Sometimes I think it would be good for him to play an extended period of time away from Gaudreau as a means to facilitate skills that Monahan already possesses but does not use enough. But then again, the two players are SO good together that it is also difficult to imagine that either one of them would be even nearly as successful if separated.
What I do have a problem with is the continued insinuation from some posters that Monahan is exclusively a beneficiary of Gaudreau, or the notion that he is a poor puck distributor who is incapable of driving his own line, or the occasionally repeated idea that he is not as good as his year-to-year production indicates. That's all.