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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I’m surprised at how down on Monahan people are. I think he’s far and away been the best player on that line. I think he’s being dragged down by Johnny and Lindholm (who is escaping much deserved criticism).
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His main job is to score goals though and the fact is, I don’t think Monahan has even had a scoring chance in this series that I would consider a dangerous chance. If Gaudreau is unable to get him the puck in a prime scoring chance in front of the net, then he needs to either start creating his own quality shot or create chances for his wingers like most #1 centers.
Watching Bo Horvat’s growth in this playoffs just shows me how stunted Monahan’s growth has truly become. Same draft, similar draft positions. Yet Horvat has become a game breaking leader whereas Monahan has been relegated as a very distant 3rd best center on his team. Not good enough and Gaudreau hasn’t been good enough either. Both have always struggled in these types of games/series and it hasn’t changed one iota.