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Originally Posted by GioforPM
These hindsight scenarios make me laugh. Can you imagine the site if Monahan gets demoted to third line after leading the team in goals as a sophomore (2nd on the team as a rookie, without playing with Gaudreau)? Monahan with Versteeg and Frolik? Someone here just said those two were AHL plugs when Bennett was on their line.
Until last year everything worked with Johnny and Monahan, including adding Lindholm - they looked like that was the “next level” ingredient.
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I actually do agree for the most part. In hindsight it’s easy to say that they should’ve tried Bennett as the #1 or #2 pivot, but Gaudreau-Monahan did Backlund-Tkachuk worked very well at the time. So it was hard to move away from that. There really was no winger that fit with Bennett, so they eventually had to shift him to wing with Jankowski.
Problem is, the league finally figured out Gaudreau and Monahan for good. So now, the duo that Treliving relied on for most of the team’s offense is no more and the rest of the forwards lines can’t score enough to make up for the former dynamic duo’s lack of production.
Blame can be shifted in a lot of different ways depending on the perspective. But I’d point my main finger at management for not seeing it first. There were signs dating all the way back to the beginning and it’s like they didn’t see it coming or refused to react before #### completely hit the fan. It’s their job and they’re paid to forecast, not just react and I find it difficult that all the people in that boardroom, all that brain power couldn’t see it coming. Not enough smart people in that room methinks.