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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yes...again, he just needs better line mates. SMH
He is on the same ppg pace as last year more or less....wanna remind me who his RW was then?
And can that not be said for every single player in the league? I mean...jeezuz at what point is a 7M player responsible for creating on his own and not relying on others? Is that guy not the guy that should be making others better?
As was pointed out in another thread....he is 139th in the NHL scoring at ES. This is not the same player that we saw previous to the AS break 2 seasons ago. Its no longer some small sample size. Maybe its all on Monahan? Who knows but there is no way to find that out.
Maybe he finds his mojo again and it would be great if it was in Calgary, but in no way shape or form am i signing a declining player at age 28 to a 7 or 8 year deal at more money than he makes now, so as to the bolded...lets hope like hell you are right.
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The reality is NHL forwards peak between 24-28. JG is statistically out of his prime.
And he is a smaller player, who doesn't take his fitness and personal health as #1 priority.
When you are that size and you loose 1 step you regress fast.
I don't think teams figured him out, he just is a tiny bit slower at the things he use to do. With his physical stature that tiny bit can be the game changer
I think he can completely bounce back, and be an 80 point guy on a line with stars and really help some teams.
I don't think he can be the "guy" - And that's the Flames #1 problem. We get annoyed that a 5 foot nothing 4th round pick being paid like the 3rd or 4th best player on a good team should be leading us to the promise land.
He makes 1.25 million more then Milan Lucic FFS. (And I love Lucic this year)