[JohnnyB]

Although I'm coming around to the view that Monahan and Gaudreau just aren't the right combo for this team to have success, I don't think Johnny lacks for effort in the past few games. Monahan's level of effort I don't feel like I can even fairly comment on because I haven't noticed him on the ice at all, but Johnny seems to be putting the effort in.

The team really needs one or two top-end players that have the capacity to score virtually by force of will along with high-end talent. The team just doesn't have that now. Johnny and Monahan are apparently too easy to shut down in the playoffs.

They could make me look like a fool within a couple of hours for writing that, but I think it's what their record is unfortunately starting to show unless they have a big turnaround in actual scoring.