The Flames right now need goals more so then anything. So I would say they’re not missing Monahan in this department because he only scored 1 goal in his final 28 games this season. It’s a big reason Treliving felt he needed to make deadline moves in the first place, to add more depth scoring.
With that said though, the team probably does miss his strength in the faceoff circle. They’ve been owned at the dot and Monahan’s replacement in Calle Jarnkrok, has been a severe miscalculation management. He’s been miscast at center and it feels akin to sticking a scuare peg into a round hole. This guy played mostly wing this season in Seattle and scored at a 20 goal clip. Right now, he has 0 goals in 23 games. He doesn’t even look like a threat to score out there.
The 3rd line on this team has been a major disappointment this series. So I‘ll finish off by saying the team probably doesn’t miss Monahan, but I would certainly play him at center over Jarnkrok who I’d shift over to the wing in hopes that he could accomplish something other than nothing.
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