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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I thought it was mostly Gaudreau finding his scoring touch. He did have a great first 5 games scoring 2G 5A 7Pts. Was that a hot streak, or a healthy Monahan? it’s too hard to tell. I have s hard time remembering him as great because I remember the season as a whole. I definitely remember him trying to be more physical out there.
Here’s my question though - if the team believes that Monahan can return to being great, why have they been shopping him for the last 2 years? (I’m just basing it off talk with guys like Friedman on the fan 960 etc.)
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Likely for similar reasons that we’ve all talked about on here. Poor defensive play, and an inability to drive play.
When he’s healthy, he’s a good finisher - but that’s about the extent of his strengths. He’s kind of like Mike Hoffman in that sense.