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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Look, I understand that some people are scared for the playoffs and the teams history and all.
Be confident with the current roster. We have been winning convincingly all season with the current set of players against the you teams in the league. adding new players into the roles of existing players moved through trade and expecting huge net positives is folly. These players have bought into the Sutter system, no guarantee a new player can or will.
It just isn't helpful to have everyone come on the forums post another great team win and #### on Monahan because they think better players will exist. Monahan is playing the role Sutter has given him, and lately he's been doing a good job of it.
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That's one way to say it. Another way to say it is that Sutter has had to give Monahan an extremely limited role because he's not managing anything at all at either end of the ice. And I think that's a far more accurate summation than couching it as though Monahan has been asked not to score or check iin the corners.
His hockey IQ is great and his will is there, but he's too ruined to help the team much right now. It sucks. But the truth is any number of players would be an immediate and significant upgrade in both speed and scoring, and likely in physical play as well.
Flames beat a very good team last night in a game where penalties didn't decide things, it was very much skill vs skill and two different approaches to the game. Really interesting and fun to watch, even if a little nail-bitey for a bunch of the second and third period.