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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
People don’t go after Monahan because of personal dislike for him. He’s just not getting it done and that’s been very consistent all year. The worst plus minus on the team by a wide margin is not a fluke IMO. There are advanced stats out there that show he is one of the worst 5 on 5 defenders in the league.
You certainly don’t have to agree with that but you have to admit that you spend a great deal of time here promoting his play.
Personally my thoughts on Monahan are all about the go forward. He needs to be better and maybe he will be as time goes on and his latest injury recovery progresses.
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Please point to all those posts. What I do is try and move from narrative to actual game analysis in a PGT. Go rewatch that game and tell me that it was Monahan (and his line) that was the reason they lost. Or even the reason the powerplay failed.
Last night 19, 4 and 55 were issues. Even though 55 scored (and 4 picked up an assist). That pairing struggled, so did Zadorov and Gudbranson on transition. And Tkachuk could not hit the net to save his life (except with his face).
ETA: I'm perfectly happy if they could manage to move Monahan. But his season performance and his salary have zippo to do with the game.