Even if it was agreed that Monahan could or would have slotted down, it was really only at some point mid last season that it even would have been considered. In fact, if someone said, prior to the Dallas POs “let’s break up the Gatorade line so we can try out Bennett” it would have been widely scorned. The same probably would even have applied to taking Backlund from between Mangiapane and Tkachuk.
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