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Originally Posted by DJones
Ya somewhere along the way, Monahan not becoming an elite two way 1C means he's terrible.
An average two way player with borderline elite finishing ability is a fantastic second line player.
If Monahan and Markstrom are seen as our two biggest weaknesses that gives me hope actually.
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Monahan largely has always been a one trick pony. He's a finisher. He's been bad defensively for years, but has been able to outscore his issues. So my criticism isn't targeted at Monahan because he's not an elite two way 1C, it's more that he's bad defensively and having a centre that's bad defensively is really hard to overcome for a line.
Him returning to a strong offensive game would be a huge help, but I think there's good reason to believe that while separated from Johnny he won't be able to produce at the level needed to outperform his defensive woes.
I'm hopeful, but there's plenty of reason for concern/plenty of questions around what he can do well when he's not scoring.