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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Gee I wonder if his time was limited because he had a hip issue? I noticed that he took very short shifts - I thought Sutter was limiting that line’s time, but Monahan may have been purposely limiting it.
I’m not a “Monahan fan” hoping for a trade so he can get lots of points. I’m not even a Monahan fan per se. I don’t criticize players or complement them because I like them or not. Or, like a lot of people here, because I think criticizing one guy helps another (there sure are a lot of Gaudreau supporters who hate Monahan).
I just push back against arguments I disagree with. That’s all. I can’t even tell you day to day who made them. I don’t care.
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How does that explain him playing 18 minutes in other games then? Honestly, the guy didn’t even look that injured out there, he was still putting forth more intensity and effort than a lot of other guys. I don’t generally question Monahan’s compete level or toughness or whether he wants to be here.
He just doesn’t do enough to help the Flames win in my opinion. The Flames are not a deep team, so they can’t have $6M dollar players not driving play and not doing their job. It’s the same reason I dumped on James Neal for an entire year and to a lesser extent Noah Hanifin. I think it’s very fair to be hard on Monahan especially because of the lack of value he brings to table. I will give him credit for working very hard on deficiencies and I can see him trying hard every night. But he struggles to score goals when the team needs him to and that’s his primary job. He also has a team worst -22 over the last 2 combined seasons and these are not things that contributes to the team winning games.