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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Monahan coupled with his salary makes him the weakest link on this team by far. He does not make any player that plays with him better. He drags them all down. There is no chemistry between Monahan and Toffoli. Toffoli is doing what he has in spite of Sean Monahan on his line. Lucic has been pulled down. Dube was pulled down.
Sick of the "still recovering from surgery" line. Nobody can tell me hes struggling to skate out there, I watch him every shift, hes skating as well as he ever has.
He is not helping this team win games. Im assuming if it wasn't for the hope and dream of trying to offload him I'm sure he would have been scratched a couple of times already. It's not like hes out producing Dube or Ruzicka at 5 on 5. Whatever line hes on is always the one that doesnt show up. He just doesnt fit.
The worst part is if we cannot move him, which seems inevitable because who would possibly want him, GOOD players that contribute to winning on this team will not be on the team next year. 7.8% of your cap spent on such a replacement level non factoring player is a disaster.
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Ruzicka has 7 5-on-5 points in 180 minutes of ice time. Monahan has 9 5-on-5 points in... 612 minutes of ice time. Monahan's 5-on-5 points per 60 minutes is sandwiched between Gudbranson and Lewis. Lewis and Brett Ritchie are the only regulars with lower even strength production on the team.
Ironically he was putting up better chance rates without Toffoli. Though he was being outscored at the worst rate out of all regulars on the team at 5-on-5: 18 goals for to 27 goals against.
I like the Toffoli acquisition but was wary of the team stapling him and Monahan together at all costs just because they were junior line-mates/friends. Lucic-Monahan-Toffoli simply does not work. There's not a single speed or carry option on the line. They need to try something else, break up that line, move Monahan to wing, or scratch him for some different looks.