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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I’ll never understand this line of thinking that Gaudreau somehow holds Monahan back from carrying the puck up the ice. Don’t you think that if Monahan could do it, he would’ve shown in 500+ games?...
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The thing is, Monahan used to do it. That first season that he and Gaudreau played together he carried the puck into the offensive zone a lot, and it was a big part of what made that duo so dangerous, and which got many of us so excited.
I maintain that the two of them became just so comfortable with one another that for Monahan it was increasingly more natural to defer to Gaudreau, who emerged as the one who chose to carry the puck all the time to begin with.