Moneyhands: Countdown to 30 (Needs to score: 1; Games remaining: 9

[T@T]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Anyone else more excited to see Ferland score his first NHL goal than to see Monahan hit 30 at this point?

Nope. Next year we can have a countdown thread for Ferland.

[Psytic]

I think he has some amazing linemates. I don't think his production would be nearly as high with out Johnny and Jiri.

Not taking anything away from Sean but he gets fed some beautiful tap in goals by those two all the time. I'm glad we have a vet like Hudler and a dynamo like Gaudreau.

I think that lines chemsitry has fast tracked this rebuild. Credit to Sean for his elite finishing ability to, there is a clear difference between him in front of the net scooping in garbage and David Moss back in the day.

[crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Psytic

I think he has some amazing linemates. I don't think his production would be nearly as high with out Johnny and Jiri.

Not taking anything away from Sean but he gets fed some beautiful tap in goals by those two all the time. I'm glad we have a vet like Hudler and a dynamo like Gaudreau.

Monahan has played the majority of the season without Johnny and Jiri as wingers, and he has been pretty darn effective the whole time. There is no question that all three of them benefit from playing with each other though.

[Crumpy-Gunt]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Anyone else more excited to see Ferland score his first NHL goal than to see Monahan hit 30 at this point?

Me. I think ferland and bouma are our future 4th liners. Which is awesome because I can see both being able to pot 15 to 20 goals and also forecheck hard finish checks and stand up for teammates. Modern grinders.

The question for me is who will center that line? Stajans gone. Backlund Monahan and Bennett in the top 9. Maybe billy Arnold? Jankowski? Drew shore?

Exciting times to be a flames fan.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt

Me. I think ferland and bouma are our future 4th liners. Which is awesome because I can see both being able to pot 15 to 20 goals and also forecheck hard finish checks and stand up for teammates. Modern grinders.

The question for me is who will center that line? Stajans gone. Backlund Monahan and Bennett in the top 9. Maybe billy Arnold? Jankowski? Drew shore?

Exciting times to be a flames fan.

I think it mostly suits Shore, who obviously has a leg up on the other two. Granlund is the other possibility, but he might just be a better winger. Same with Jooris.

I'm not sure about Ferland and/or Bouma on the 4th line. Unless it's more of a 3a, 3b lineup, I think that stifles both guys, who have decent offensive possibilities.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I think it mostly suits Shore, who obviously has a leg up on the other two. Granlund is the other possibility, but he might just be a better winger. Same with Jooris.

I'm not sure about Ferland and/or Bouma on the 4th line. Unless it's more of a 3a, 3b lineup, I think that stifles both guys, who have decent offensive possibilities.

I envision the 4th line C position to be somewhat of a rotating position in the next couple of years.

No telling who will develop to claim that spot, or who we'll trade for to fill it. Exciting times though indeed.

[Daryei]

Originally Posted by T@T

Nope. Next year we can have a countdown thread for Ferland.

Ferland: Countdown to 1 (Needs to score: 1; Games remaining: 10)

[codynw]

With only ten games left I don't think he can do it. That's a pretty big mountain to climb.

[Igster]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

It's probably been mentioned before and but I don't think it's putting the horse before the carriage to say I think we are seeing the early stages of a future captain and superstar franchise player with Monahan

Yup. And my next jersey. I really see him as a Sakic/Yzerman player in the long run.

So glad the Flames got him.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by Igster

Yup. And my next jersey. I really see him as a Sakic/Yzerman player in the long run.

So glad the Flames got him.

Didn't Hartley himself reference Sakic when talking about Monahan?

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by Psytic

I think he has some amazing linemates. I don't think his production would be nearly as high with out Johnny and Jiri.

Not taking anything away from Sean but he gets fed some beautiful tap in goals by those two all the time. I'm glad we have a vet like Hudler and a dynamo like Gaudreau.

I think that lines chemsitry has fast tracked this rebuild. Credit to Sean for his elite finishing ability to, there is a clear difference between him in front of the net scooping in garbage and David Moss back in the day.

Well and how to age yourself. For me 'back in the day' means we're talking Chouinard, Lemelin, McDonald, Peplinski, Hunter, AlMac ect ect.

God, I'm old.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

Well and how to age yourself. For me 'back in the day' means we're talking Chouinard, Lemelin, McDonald, Peplinski, Hunter, AlMac ect ect.

God, I'm old.

I remember when that Art Ross punk was tearing it up.

[old-fart]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

Well and how to age yourself. For me 'back in the day' means we're talking Chouinard, Lemelin, McDonald, Peplinski, Hunter, AlMac ect ect.

God, I'm old.

I resemble that remark....

[Mattman]

Front page of NHL.com

Not too shabby Mony!

[FlameZilla]

Who was the last 20-year-old 30-goal-scorer in the NHL?

Did Stamkos do it? Tavares?

We are so damned lucky to have Monahan on this team.

[Gaskal]

"I think you should be better in your second year than your first year."


Wouldn't shock me at this point if he was running the Boring Monahan account this whole time, lol.

[Gaudfather]

Article up on Flames.com on Mony. Love his confident attitude reflected in the excerpt below.

"I don't really get what the sophomore slump's all about," said Monahan, who is 10th in the NHL in goals. "I think you should be better in your second year than your first year. I don't really get that theory (of a slump). You have a year under your belt and you come into your second year, you know what to expect. I think every guy should be better in their second year than your first year."

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|CGY|home

[saillias]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Article up on Flames.com on Mony. Love his confident attitude reflected in the excerpt below.



http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|CGY|home

Somewhere Nate MacKinnon is typing up a strongly worded reply about how lucky Monahan is.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Article up on Flames.com on Mony. Love his confident attitude reflected in the excerpt below.



http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|CGY|home

I liked his cheeky comment about unsustainable shooting percentage

Meanwhile in Edm they are throwing pucks at the net to pad corsi stats and inch closer to the Corsi Cup Championship

[BurningSteel]

Monahan " all your theories are wrong "