I'm no Monahan hater but I think he was directly to blame for the last two Ducks' goals.
On the goal in the 3rd period, he was the second forward in (with Dube?) and it was clear the Flames weren't going to get possession and that they were needing a line change. Monahan should have gone off when the dump in was made instead of doing it when the Ducks reversed the puck back up the ice, leaving Monahan's replacement no chance to get in on the play.
In OT, he gave the puck to Hanifin when Hanifin had no where to go with it and Johnny about to com clear at the blue line. Once Hanifin lost the puck, Monahan lets the Duck player put it through his feet and doesn't take the player leaving Johnny defending (admirably) on a 2 on 1.
As another poster pointed out, he doesn't seem to have confidence right now.
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