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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Not sure what people wanted from Monahan tonight. He had a couple great chances and is obviously a little snake bit for scoring. But he had good board work all night, a few nice passes (eg the Gaudreau breakaway) and of course he totally sold the goalie on a shot for a great setup. He’s only got one real line mate, so I think he’s doing OK.
I thought Tkachuk was a little better. Mangiapane had a great game, Lindholm had his best in a while, Dube and Lucic were pretty good.
I like Mackey OK - he’s physical, Rasmus had his best game in a while, Valimaki is getting better and better. Gio didn’t struggle as much. I actually thought Tanev was having some skating issues. The ice there sucks.
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I agree, Monahan is what he is. Need to temper expectations, what he did tonight is his game, win some board battles, get set up for couple nice looks and hopefully win a few draws. Nobody should expect him to be some stand out 1st line centre because he isn't one, he doesn't have the ability to do what other top 1st line centres do.
Mangiapane continues to impress, that guy has a motor that never turns off.
Also although the PP struggled tonight I like the fact Ward is giving Valamaki some looks on the top unit. Definitely think he has the ability to contribute and should be on 1 of the 2 units. I would already say he is our best dman at getting pucks through and by the initial shot blocker, always has his head up looking for lanes and never just fires it blindly.