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Originally Posted by neo45
The biggest problem is he’s not the kind of player you can move down the lineup. Third line centers are supposed to play good defense and Monahan is terrible defensively. So if he isn’t producing with top line center minutes you can’t even demote him and have him carry his own line against weaker competition.
With his style it actually makes more sense to keep him in the top 6 but move him to wing than it does to play him in a role he’s not suited for. As bad as he has been this year it’s actually been his least bad year defensively in his career
He’s not bad at everything he is just such. a. limited. player. When he isn’t out scoring his deficiencies you can’t do much with him
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I disagree with this post. Not being able to turn his hip effected his wrist shot, he concentrated more on defense than he ever had as a pro, and he was getting pretty good at getting back and boxing players out, or supporting the defensemen.
Once he gets his shot back, this season could end up making him the best version of himself that we've seen. Between the steps he's taken and Lindholm being such a solid 200ft player, if anything it exposes Backlund to Seattle.