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Originally Posted by dammage79
So this is not the flaming hot take thread for the Monahan haters. Seems right.
He's not innocent of blame for this season nor should he be one of the main focal points like he has been. Every single one not named Lindholm should hang their heads low in shame for this year. Every. Single. One.
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Yeah. Monahan has seen the biggest decline over the last two years, that can't be argued but Gaudreau and Tkachuk shouldn't be free from blame.
5v5 point production from those guys has dropped off in each of the last two seasons from the peak in 18-19.
Looking at 5v5 primary points per game. League rank in brackets.
17-18:
Gaudreau: 0.49 (12th)
Monahan: 0.41 (39th)
Tkachuk: 0.29 (118th)
18-19:
Gaudreau: 0.57 (8th)
Monahan: 0.53 (13th)
Tkachuk: 0.40 (59th)
19-20:
Gaudreau: 0.34 (91st)
Tkachuk: 0.33 (98th)
Monahan: 0.26 (173rd)
20-21:
Gaudreau: 0.40 (39th)
Tkachuk: 0.31 (84th)
Monahan: 0.26 (135th)
Both Gaudreau and Monahan went from guys that were kind of top 10-15 at each of their positions in 17-18, and 18-19, to really producing at a much reduced rate in the last two seasons.
Tkachuk's production at 5v5 has stagnated as well, when you'd have hoped that he would have been able to step it up.