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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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A 6.5M guy has to score a lot in any situation. Who cares if he is competent in his own zone with Trevor Lewis. Unless he starts scoring much more, Monahan won’t be a Flames after next year and is probably looking at a massive paycut