Also what I'm seeing with Monahan is a guy who seems really afraid to get caught in the offensive zone, and might be overthinking his defensive responsibilities.
You'd see it a couple times where he was about to pinch in the offensive zone, would realize Dube / Mangipane were already below the goal line and he'd pull back up to be the high man.
Not sure if that's coaching or if it's something he's worried about right now just as he tries to focus on being more defensively responsible, but it was noticeable that he was really playing high in the offensive zone last night.
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I’m really surprised by the pairing, to be honest
I thought Darryl liked pairing a more stay at home guy with a puck mover, and this pairing does not really fit the bill at all
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I actually don't think it was their first choice.
Initially in the pre-season they had Zadorov-Andersson and Hanifin-Tanev...but Zadorov-Andersson just didn't seem to work at all in preseason. That fit the bill of more of a puck mover with a stay at home guy though.
I actually think stylistically Hanifin-Zadorov, and Tanev-Andersson would fit the best but that doesn't work from a LH-RH perspective.
My gut is we see Zadorov-Andersson and Hanifin-Tanev at some point, might work better now that Andersson seems to have found his legs and is playing better again.