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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Some call it luck, I call it a trend. 9(!) even strength goals in the last two seasons combined. 109 games I'd say is a sufficient sample size.
Is what it is at this point, but we are way past the the point of bad luck excusing Monahan's lack of productivity.
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The point is, for me, that I’m not excusing lack of productivity, though linemates has a lot to do with. He certainly looked tentative and his shot seems lacking. The lack of productivity is the point on his supposed bad defensive play. People assume that a minus = bad defensive play, whereas I would argue that if his offence was going he’d be close to even at least. I don’t think he’s a much worse defensive player than, say, Tkachuk.