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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Disagree. I think the more Sutter sees how useless Monahan is when he is not scoring the more likely he tells Tre to get rid of him. Monahan is only effective when he sits in the slot to unleash his excellent wrister but he is no longer getting to those areas. We need to deal him now before he totally falls off a cliff value wise.
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I would bet Sutter feels that way about Gaudreau a lot more than Monahan, who's done some pretty good defensive work since Sutter arrived. And I'm not sure where you are getting that Monahan isn't in the slot these days. He's there, but the puck isn't coming to him that much. And when he's not there he's been digging pucks pretty hard - a lot more than before.
Monahan had a 2 goal game, but aside from that he's done other things than score, especially in the zone Sutter cares the most about. Well enough that Sutter's put him on some PKs. 17 SOG as well. 9 hits (Lindholm had 7, Backlund had 5).
Tell me what Gaudreau has done that should impress a guy like Sutter. 1 goal (when getting blown out) and no assists. 7 SOG. No hits obviously.