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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Nah, this just isn't true. The stats show he's been pretty effective with various combinations outside of Richardson/Lewis.
His even strength scoring equal to Lewis? Maybe that's because he's mostly been playing with Lewis. Same goes for goals allowed. Put a guy with plugs and his defensive stats are going to suffer. Have a look at Monahan's defensive stats outside of the line.
I'm not saying it's unfair to be critical. It's those particular criticisms that are unfair.
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So, with the idea that they’re even close to begin when Lewis gets zero shifts with Gaudreau or other skilled players, what does that say? Then you throw in the salary and it’s a complete joke. It doesn’t even have to be Lewis, we could compare Monahan to anyone else.
I would think your career is in quite the conundrum when replacement level players are looking pretty comparable to you. This team will be taking a bath on the 7th year of that contract. Whether it ends up as a buyout or the loss of a significant asset remains to be seen. It’s too bad because Brouwer’s buyout finally ended this year, thought the Flames might actually have the full salary cap to work with this season.