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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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^ I think that's taking things a bit too far. Monahan is still getting a good volume of dangerous shots. Per NST, he ranks fifth on the Flames with an average of 0.73 expected goals/60 at even strength.
Monahan's ability to shoot the puck from dangerous areas of the ice is still extremely valuable. I just think he needs to be used in a way that enables him to play more of a north-south game and get a jump up the wall on breakouts. It's really hard for the Flames to create separation on the rush if Monahan doesn't have a bit of a head-start. But him being relied on to play the defensive role of a centre means he's always going to have the most ground to cover.
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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Its perfectly reasonable to have the opinion that Tkachuk may have peaked offensively already.
Its not super uncommon for high picks, and especially sons of former NHlers to peak early.
Paul Stastny for example had his best seasons offensively from ages 20-23.
Zack Parise hit his peak in his 4th season.
Max Domi's best season so far was his 4th and has backslid since.
Colin Wilson hit his peak in season 3.
Gagner in his rookie season.
Tyler Arnason had 55 points in his second season.
Seems like most sons of former NHLers peak early. The exception is Alex Steen who had his best offensive season at age 29.
Of course just because someone has peaked offensively doesn't mean they are on the decline. Stastny for example maintained his play into his 30s.
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Is that really all your argument has to go on? That Matthew Tkachuk is the son of a former NHLer? That doesn't hold any merit at all.
Brett Hull was the son of an NHLer. He scored 700 goals.