What I saw him do on the PP this year was flip a muffin into the goalie's mid section a bunch of times. I didn't think he looked any more dangerous than say, Backlund, would have in the same spot.
Now, if you need your hip to work in order to shoot, yeah, it's not gonna be there, and maybe he will return to form next year. It would be the best case.
But I never thought Monahan looked right this year at all. The "Corpse of Sean Monahan" jokes were pretty accurate to my eye. I thought Sutter worked really hard to give Sean a meaningful role, and a role that he could fulfil. And we saw that role change through the season with Sean's progression and healing, and new injury. But you can't say there was ever a time this year where Sean was pushing Backlund out of the 2C spot.
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