Time To Break Up Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm...?

[Split98]

Originally Posted by Reign of Fire

Are we really stressing 2 losses after 7 game winning streak? One was Smith's fault. You can't win them all.

The top line not producing goes back to the All-Star break though. That 7 game winning streak was mostly on Calgary's depth - which was great, but Johnny and Mony had 3 goals combined in February.

[Gaskal]

I don't care how injured James Neal is, you dress him and sit him on the bench all game and not send him out for a single shift!


1st line needs The Swagger™ back!

[sa226]

If Monahan is injured, wouldn't that be some sort of record for mysterious injuries that don't sideline a player.

Usually, not always, but usually there is a hit or a play where you think "uh oh."

[Love]

Wasting the prime of a promising core and Mark Giordano trying so desperately to force Sean Monahan hockeydb success. It's pretty sad. I almost wish we'd just never drafted him at all. We'd probably have butterfly effected ourselves into McDavid or Eichel. He's not really a good fit anywhere down your lineup due to his atrocious defensive game for a center. Maybe as a soft sniping left winger in the Jeff Carter mold. Our 1C can't skate and handle the puck at the same time. I expect nothing from this team as long as this fact remains true.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Love

Wasting the prime of a promising and Mark Giordano trying so desperately to force Sean Monahan success. It's pretty sad. I almost wish we just never drafted him at all. He's not really a good fit anywhere down your lineup due to his atrocious defensive game for a center. Our 1C can't skate and handle the puck at the same time. I expect nothing from this team as long as this fact remains true.

Who on the team replaces Monahan? Maybe Lindholm? Bennett can't do it and neither can Jankowski.

I wouldn't be opposed to flipping Monahan to RW.


Gaudreau - Lindholm - Monahan

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by Love

Wasting the prime of a promising and Mark Giordano trying so desperately to force Sean Monahan success. It's pretty sad. I almost wish we just never drafted him at all. He's not really a good fit anywhere down your lineup due to his atrocious defensive game for a center. Our 1C can't skate and handle the puck at the same time. I expect nothing from this team as long as this fact remains true.

It’s awesome to see WhereAreUChrisO’Sullivan live on in spirit just focused on another player. This is the worst Monahan take I’ve ever seen. You wish we’d never drafted him at all? Derp ok.

[keenan87]

It seems that Gaudreau and Monahan rarely ever get split up. I wouldn't mind seeing these lines for one game:

Gaudreau-Jankowski-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Ryan-Hathaway
Mangiapane-Monahan-Bennett
Czarnik-Backlund-Frolik

[Love]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Who on the team replaces Monahan? Maybe Lindholm?

Bennett can't do it and neither can Jankowski.



I wouldn't be opposed to flipping Monahan to RW.

Yeah edited for clairity. Nobody can but I'm thinking more in the hopeful sense that the butterfly effect blossomed into us drafting a real franchise center.

[Flash Walken]

it would be nice if there was an offensive option at C that you could shift Gaudreau to.

Backlund isn't that player.

Hayes or Duchene would've been.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Love

Yeah edited for clairity. Nobody can but I'm thinking more in the hopeful sense that the butterfly effect blossomed into us drafting a real franchise center.

I think the swing and the miss on Bennett hurt more but would have to go Nylander or all the way down to Larkin to get an impact player.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

it would be nice if there was an offensive option at C that you could shift Gaudreau to.

Backlund isn't that player.

Hayes or Duchene would've been.

Yeah, too bad we were second in on everyone.

[Manhattanboy]

Get them back together and shower them with purple gatorade.

[Timbo]

“They say breaking up is hard to do”

[Rando]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

it would be nice if there was an offensive option at C that you could shift Gaudreau to.

Certainly would be nice but there are creative options. Shift Lindholm to the middle and have Gaudreau-Lindholm as a pair. No idea what the RW on that line would be, you'd want the second line to be Tkachuk-Monahan. The other option is Gaudreau-Backlund-Lindholm. Patrick Kane plays with Anisimov 5on5, the big points will come on the power play. The OP's options are a little too out there for me but pulling back a little there is something.

Tkachuk - Monahan - Bennett
Gaudreau - Backlund - Lindholm
Frolik - Jankowski - Czarnik
Mangiapane - Ryan - Hathaway

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Rando

Tkachuk - Monahan - Bennett

Don't know why but I feel that line would be beyond useless.

[CliffFletcher]

Team could use another speedy, skilled scorer in the top six. Like a Jason Zucker.

Still mad at the Wild for screwing that up.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Don't know why but I feel that line would be beyond useless.

Out of all our wingers the two who may have the least amount of chemistry with monahan are Tkachuk and Bennett.

This line would not work at all, they all want to be hanging out in the slot, and the footspeed between Mony and Tkachuk always makes them tough to trust together.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Team could use another speedy, skilled scorer in the top six. Like a Jason Zucker.

Still mad at the Wild for screwing that up.

Knowing the terms of the Zucker deal i'm glad we didn't do it.

Only way I'd have been happy with it is if Neal had gone the other way

[Zulu29]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Knowing the terms of the Zucker deal i'm glad we didn't do it.

Only way I'd have been happy with it is if Neal had gone the other way

What were the terms?

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Zulu29

What were the terms?

Hard nosed, quick, 27 year old top 6 forward under a reasonable contract for 4 more seasons....

Pretty good terms.