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Originally Posted by AC
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. |
Except you know you went through and cherry picked Monahans "ok" shifts. You are a huge Monahan fan. You could more easily also go and cherry pick Gaudreaus good plays but you wont because you are continually blaming Johnny for Monahans horribad hockey.
As far as your replays go, the first one, yeah we can blame Johnny for not actually getting the puck back to Monahan but it was a good block. The second replay, you ended as soon as Monahan tried to clear the puck, did that stay in the zone?
The third one clearly demonstrates Monahans lack of vision right now. You claim Johnny is just standing around but when Monahan gets the puck back behind the net Johnny flying behind the net and is open for a cycle pass. Monahan instead of dropping it back keeps lumbering forward and stumbles over himself throwing the puck back to Brodie.
Johnny has been much more dangerous than Monahan. Shows more passion, more drive and creates more offense than Sean Monahan ever does. Monahan has been a no show. He has been pretty much invisible. Hes fired most of his shots directly into the crest of the goalie.
You can pretend that Monahan hasnt been a passenger but to me he really has been the ultimate passenger.