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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Why is that Sean Monahan's job? Do other top centers fight to protect themselves?
Isn't that the whole reason this team employs Lucic, Rinaldo,etc?
It's very rare for a guy who's playing as a top line center to fight. Let's look back to 13-14 and look at the top 20 centers in league scoring over that time (Monahan is 19th).
Crosby - 2
McDavid - 0
Tavares - 0
Giroux - 1
Backstrom - 0
Mackinnon - 6
Malkin - 4
Kopitar - 0
Seguin - 1
Pavelski - 3
Scheifele - 1
Draisaitl - 0
O'Reilly - 0
Bergeron - 2
Stamkos - 4
Barkov - 0
Getzlaf - 16
Toews - 4
Monahan - 1
Johansen - 9
Damn, look at all those soft centers that don't fight. Wouldn't want any of those guys on my team.
It's ridiculous to think that the guy who is your top 6 goal scoring center, who has a history of hand/wrist injuries now, should be fighting to protect himself.
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You don’t have to fight to be tough
Tough means you are hard to play against
You play physical and you show up when it counts
I have a hard time saying Monahan does any of that in the last 3 yrs