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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It is a cop out to blames Monahan's results on Trevor Lewis.
We are comparing Monahan's Corsi without Lewis to the rest of the team? That's just flawed logic since the guys he is beating in that comparison are sometimes playing with Lewis.
Better to look at how other players do with and without Monahan. Since Trevor Lewis seems to be the object of affection, it's interesting that his Corsi is better away from Monahan. And I don't think it's because he's getting prime linemates in those situations.
Plus minus is not a great stat in small sample sizes. This holds true for other stats too. But we don't need plus minus to know that Sean Monahan is not great in his own zone.
I'm convinced Monahan is giving us everything he has and the Florida game shows he still has touch around the net. Sutter has him 7th in ES icetime among the forwards and that seems about right. At 11:54 per game he is slightly ahead of Pitlick, Lewis, Dube and Lucic who all have between 11 and 12 minutes. You'd love it if he had more skilled linemates but without wingers that are responsible defensively, Monahan creates a matchup problem for the Flames IMO.
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Good point. Also, if Monahan was matched up against the McDavid’s and McKinnon’s of the world, it might be understandable given the circumstances. But he’s going up against other bottom 6 forwards/replacement levels players and he’s not winning enough of his matchups. His minutes should indeed be limited until he can start positively influencing the team’s goal differential. For the sake of comparison, Backlund has struggled this season, but even he’s still a net positive at 5 on 5 despite his much more difficult shutdown role.