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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
So I look at it a bit differently. Monahan had some early success, and also has seen how Colorado ran over a regular season juggernaut line.
Monahan is self aware, has been very good offensively, and did speak with the coaches prior to this year about working on his two way game. He knows where there are gaps and is looking to grow that part of his game
Who better to teach a kid to succeed in the playoffs than GM hand picked no playoff as head coach Bill Peters?
Maybe this was a year of adjustment. The line wasn’t good in the playoffs, and that was also a weird return to play.
Lots of turmoil but Monahan has recognized early in his career what Scotty had to teach Yzerman
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Yeah I don't see the book closed on Monahan.
I think the guy cares, took a year to fix up other parts of his game, and that probably contributed to the line slipping offensively.
Sometimes you have to take a step backwards in order to take two forward, and hopefully that's what we see this year.
18-19 everything went right for that line, based on career averages the reverse in 19-20. Would be happy to see something inbetween.