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Originally Posted by Monahammer
6th is not that noteworthy (Monahan himself got a 1st place vote in 15-16)
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Eh, 6th in voting is pretty damn noteworthy for a winger, considering it's a center award primarily.
Monahan as a center placed 20th in Selke voting in 14-15 thanks to that 1st place vote, and hasn't recieved a Selke vote since that one year.
Last year when the Flames were a top defensive team in the league, it was Lindholm (10th), Backlund (8th), Ryan (29th) who got Selke votes.
ROR, since finishing 6th, has finished 12th, 11th, 11th, 33rd, and 1st, so he's consistently drawn attention in terms of voting.
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But Monahan is better offensively than O'Reilly was at the same age... O'Reilly improved between then and this year as well, so what is stopping the younger player from also improving?
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Nothing is 'stopping' the younger player from improving - but he isn't really improving. We all want for him to improve, but we should be constructing contingencies for the likely event that it does not happen.