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Originally Posted by iggyloob12
I hope this is message-sending to Monahan and that Lucic is scratched instead. Either could sit in my mind, but Lucic isn’t quick enough mentally of late to even handle the puck. It’s like a grenade at his feet.
I’d like to see what Monahan can do on left wing and If the threat of a scratch can make him play when more/some/any urgency!
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Does Monahan even possess the skill set to play wing? It may end up just as bad as the Backlund left wing experiment. I’m not sure Monahan plays a quick enough or heavy enough game for the wing position. He’s sort of stuck in the middle where he’s big, but plays soft. Slow, but not Lucic slow. Milan makes up for his skating by playing intimidating, physical, heavy style hockey. But, that’s not Monahan at all.
It’s too bad because I think that’s all Monahan has left. If he just re-invented his offensive game like he’s been trying to re-invent himself away from the puck, then he might have a shot at being a scorer again. If he’s willing to push and shove down low, why not push and shove in front of the net? Fight for space, become a net front presence. Screen, tip pucks, score the greasy goals. He’s still got good touch around the net as he’s shown on the powerplay and Darryl‘s system plays perfectly for that style of player.
Afterall, the team loves possession and spamming point shots, so it really just comes down to will, is he willing to stand in front of the net or does he want to continue playing a perimeter game that doesn’t work for him anymore?