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Originally Posted by automaton 3
Gaudeau seems to be shooting more this year and it paying off.
Monahan on the other hand does not seem to be shooting and is electing to pass. His release is (was?) elite but it seems quite diminished this year. I'm wondering if he is yet again injured.
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His release hasn't been at the elite level he entered the league with for a long time now, at least a year. He's had both hip and wrist injuries, my guess is something like that has become a nagging issue, and that we're unlikely to ever see him return to form, at least in that part of his game.
I hope I'm wrong, but I can't really think of a situation when a guy has lost his shot like that and gotten it back after such a long time.
It would also help explain why Sutter hasn't been hard on him for not putting up the points he's expected to. It looks to me like he's trying to become more of a two-way forward, or even develop his game towards being more of a Backlund type... which would make sense for his career moving forward if he's not going to be putting up the points.
I'm no expert though, I'm just pointing out what I think I'm seeing.