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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Maybe he wanted to focus on crediting Monahan directly since he's had a lot of criticism.
And/Or he wants to Monahan to find his confidence so he wanted to focus on complimenting him.
Or he has higher expectation of 13 & 19 to be the elite forwards and doesn't want to give them credit anytime they have a good game (since it needs to be that way every game).
Or he's just rambling a bit to not give Francis the soundbites he wants.
This is Sutter we're talking about.
Interpreting what he said as "I like Monahan, I don't like Gaudreau" is people just acting Francis like and trying to fit their own narratives.
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Unless he’s out and out lying, which is not his way, he is saying “I like Monahan’s work”. And he’s only saying what a lot of people have noted already - Monahan is really trying to play a 200 foot game. He hasn’t always succeeded and he’s certainly been underproducing, but Sutter cares a lot more about the defensive zone than posters here, who focus mostly on the other end. So he’s obviously going to like Monahan’s effort there.