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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Lol, Monahan has absolutely not battled on the boards and has avoided the front of the net like the plague resides there. I get the narrative on here is to attack Gaudreau but he has actually been much more engaged than Monahan.
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Monahan has absolutely been a disappointment much like Gaudreau. But I do think a lot of Monahan's lack of offense is a result of Gaudreau and Lindholm.
At least Monahan has had multiple shifts consisting of hard work on the backcheck to get the puck back and give it to Gaudreau or Lindholm. That's where the play usually dies from what I've seen.
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Great battle to outmuscle the Star and create a 2 on 1 out of nothing. Nice stick by Sekera, but Johnny needs to get that pass across as it would have iced a win most likely (would have made it 5-3).
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Great bachcheck to cover for Rasmus who didn't have the speed.
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Monahan enters the zone 1 on 4 and rings the puck to 2 Flames, Brodie and Gaudreau. Gaudreau gives Brodie zero option with the puck. Monahan gets it back and makes another nice play to get the puck to Brodie again, once again Johnny is floating around not helping.
As I said, Monahan's lack of offense is a huge disappointment. But I see him battling out there to help his teammates, something that Gaudreau has basically not done at all from what I've seen. I definitely think Monahan would have had some success if he wasn't paired with Gaudreau through these 5 games.