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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Sounds like a cop out answer to me. If he wanted Monahan to get back up to speed, why didn’t he deploy him on the 4th line in training camp/preseason?
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Because he didn't deploy him
at all until almost the end of camp.
I'm guessing that the surgery completely bollixed Monahan's off-season regimen. His conditioning has probably taken a hit, and his timing and game readiness are even further behind.
At this point they're not going to scratch him in favour of the corpse of Brad Richardson, and they can't have 24 men on the active roster, so they have to give him a limited role and hope he's mostly harmless until he gets over the rust.