[Flamesfan05]

Originally Posted by shadowlord

I'm going to throw this out there and probably get a lot of flak for it... but I wonder if Monahan's earlier development into a proper #1C was negatively affected by playing with Johnny so much.

In his first year before Johnny joined the team, people were comparing Monahan's style (in junior?) to to Jonathan Toews. But then Johnny was such a great puck distributor and Mony's shot was so deadly effective, that Mony became accustomed to going to the open spots where Johnny could get him the puck. As a consequence of extended scoring success in that role, the rest of his game didn't really develop, things like battling along the boards and the defensive side of his game.

Now, after 5-6 years of playing shotgun to Johnny, Mony has developed a reputation for being the sniper and not an offensive threat on his own.

We've seen Monahan on the PK recently, and I saw him take a shift on PP2 without Johnny and he carried the puck into the O-zone, which is a bit of a shocker for me. It was a successful entry, too.

Am I way off base? This wouldn't be my first bad take.

Yes, he got lazy riding Johnny’s coattail