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Originally Posted by kyuss275
What more do you want? How about at least playing up to a 2nd line center considering his contract. He’s not even the best player on the 3rd line and is there because the alternative is Richardson . As someone else mentioned he has become a 1st Pp specialist bottom 6 player. I also say 1st pp specialist with a grain of salt because I believe Mangiapane would be better on the 1st pp than him . Maybe last nights game will get him going scoring wise but I’m not counting on it .
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Thing is when he's been off the 4th line this year he's been perfectly fine as a middle 6 center.
The coaches had chosen to play him with Lewis/Richardson and that was never going to work.
Monahan w/Lewis:
TOI: 160
41.0 xGF%
3.80% On Ice Shooting %
1.13 GF/60
Monahan w/o Lewis:
TOI: 246
53.9% xGF%
7.26% On Ice Shooting
2.19 GF/60
His been a perfectly fine middle 6 center when they've actually played him with other middle 6 forwards.
He's played over 20 minutes with 7 different line combos
Lucic-Monahan-Lewis: 71:15 - 49.2% Corsi For - 49.2% xGF
Pitlick-Monahan-Dube: 66:29 - 53.2% Corsi For - 60.8% xGF
Richardson-Monahan-Lewis: 44:08 - 36.5% Corsi For - 31.7% xGF
Mangiapane-Coleman-Monahan: 42:03 - 58.8% Corsi For - 53.0% xGF
Lucic-Monahan-Dube: 41:55 - 54.1% Corsi For - 58.2% xGF
Coleman-Monahan-Lewis: 28:51 - 49.2% Corsi For - 35.5% xGF
Dube-Monahan-Mangiapane: 23:57 - 68.3% Corsi For - 72.6% xGF
There seems to be a trend there...
It's only the three line combinations with Lewis are the only ones below 50% Corsi Split or below 50% xGF split, and that combination was never going to produce offense. Even Gaudreau looks terrible with Lewis (12:25 TOI, 38.1% xGF)
Funniest part is it's the exact same argument that Bennett supporters would have had over the last four years but now it's just about Monahan.
"
Bennett Monahan is terrible and shouldn't be in the line up"
"Actually
Bennett Monahan is playing perfectly fine when playing with other top 9 forwards, he's struggled on the fourth line with grinders"