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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
I know it's the easy thing to do to rip on Monahan these days and that play in OT rightfully deserves some criticism but you can't overlook his results after two games. He has played incredibly well defensively at even strength and has helped contribute to a line that quite frankly has been dominate to start the year. A couple breaks his way and everyone is happy. Unlucky start to the year for Monahan, and the team as a whole really.
Among Calgary forwards
xGF% - 79.05% (1st)
SCF% - 82.61% (1st)
SF% - 73.33% (2nd)
CF% - 68.89% (2nd)
HDCF% - 75.00% (3rd)
Hits - 4 (3rd)
Mikael Backlund and Milan Lucic have been the deadweight up front to start the year.
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Backlund should start every season centering the 4th line until he gets up to speed. It seems we see this from him every season where he's simply bad to open the season and by mid season he's one of the teams' best players.