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Originally Posted by New Era
Good god the Monahan hate around he is unbearable and just so demonstrably false. He's the best center the Flames have had since Joe Nieuwendyk wore the Flaming C and people are trying to run him out of town for a prospect that "might" develop into the same player that Monahan currently is. Monahan's two way play is grossly under rated. He's the Flames best faceoff man and is that finisher in the middle we've long wanted. Oh, but he's not Connor McHobo or Nathan Mc####face, so we have to run him out of town. Get real. Even in his worst year he was still better than any Flames center. But that would be so Calgary. Run a core player out of town because they have a bad shortened season when nothing went right for the team, and throw all your eggs in the baskets of players who did worse or didn't show up at all during the season, but had a great mini-tournament. SMH
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There is a lot of frustration with mony on this board. Agree that he has been the best center since niewy, but that’s an indictment on the organization and their lack of ability to acquire/develop an elite 1C. I can’t speak for others but I would cringe when the top line would be on the ice after we scored and a lackadaisical shift from the top line results in a goal in our net and kills any momentum.
Mony was -16 this season, and good two way players don’t have those kind of stats. He’s not present on the pk and lindholm is the defensive conscience on the top line. If mony isn’t scoring, he doesn’t bring much else. When he’s hot offensively, he’s one of the best. But a top line C should bring more than scoring and unfortunately the stats show he’s pretty one dimensional. He doesn’t appear to be able to impose his will on a game, which you should expect from a 1C. Question begs then, is he a 1C?
I believe that mony and Johnny hate losing, but I have my doubts that they will adjust their respective games to do anything to win (ie blocking shots). Petterson showed what a 1C should do in the playoffs with some of the backchecks against Vegas. That’s what I would like to see from our top players but to my point, are they prepared to adjust their game to help the team win or is it just about padding individual offensive stats?