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Originally Posted by Bingo
The big thing on Monahan is where you sit on his shooting percentage.
He was a 13-14% guy for years, and then hit the wall last year at just under 9 and this year he's at 6%.
6% isn't sustainable.
His expected individual goals / 60 hasn't moved.
It's getting to be a big sample size, but there is certainly a good amount of correction coming. He's due.
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I don’t think I buy into the shooting percentage thing at all. I mean, does it look like he’s on the cusp of exploding at any given moment? Is he getting chances every night that are just hitting the post or grazing the crossbar which will eventually go in for him? Or does it look more like on any given night he’s not noticeable and not dangerous at all? I think it’s more the latter at this point.
That’s Sean Monahan unfortunately, he’s sort of a one trick pony as I just said. He scores in close and can elevate in tight where he usually doesn’t have the puck on his stick for more then a second.
He’s not the type of goal scorer who can go end to end, or wrap it around from behind the net, or steal a puck and walk in on a breakaway or one time it from out of nowhere or wire it from the flank off the half-boards. Where talking about a very limited number of ways Monahan can score goals here and the opposition is finding ways to limit those opportunities on most nights.
Now maybe Treliving makes a trade for a RW who can solve this problem and that guy can distribute the puck or create space to open things up for Gaudreau to find Monahan, but it doesn’t seem like that’s coming anytime soon.