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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I said what I thought earlier. The opposition is keying on preventing the pass from the left side into the slot. He’s getting double coverage and this has in fact allowed Johnny to have more open looks himself. Monahan is either not getting good passes to him or his shots are getting deflected. Parsley it’s because he’s the only option - no way is Gaudreau passing to Ritchie (or Simon or Bennett).
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Wait, I'm confused. Are you saying that Johnny Gaudreau is having more open looks? Because Gaudreau is averaging considerably less shots on goal than last year, basically one entire shot less per game. Actually, he's on pace to average the fewest shots on goal per game since he joined the league. Monahan from the looks of it is averaging about the same as last year. I'm sure teams are defending the slot better because that's usually where Monahan is most dangerous, but this line's biggest problem is that they're not dangerous on the rush right now and that's been the bread and butter of #13 and #23 from day 1.