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- Jan 4, 2015
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While still getting very little respect for his play, Monahan has elevated his play once again to another level and is a major reason why the first line has been so deadly and why Ferland has so many goals this year (seriously, go check out Ferlands goals and a lot of them are first assisted by Mony).
He is on pace for 38 goals, 38 assists, for 76 points. He leads the team (and tied for NHL lead) with 7 GWG. In the previous years Mony has always started slow and cranked it up in the last 25 games and put up points then, he was on a similar pace 20 games ago and has kept that pace up, add to the late season surge he shows and he could break 40-40.
More importantly to me is his defensive player has kept improving and now the stats are reflecting it. +/- may be a stupid stat to some, but it does hold some validity and Mony is +13 right now, on pace to be a +25. His best season was +8 (the Hudler season).
I can't believe Flames fans of all people are the ones who bring up, "he's not a true #1 center, but he's alright with Gaudreau" or "Sam Bennett and Jankowski are better centers", when literally EVERY stat, Monahan is better at, except possession because he plays with a puck hog in Gaudreau (not bashing Gaudreau, it's his game and I love him for it), he recognizes what Johnny's capabilities are and lets him do his thing, it what makes him a good player. His hockey IQ is very underrated.
I just felt that in the midst of all the Ferland love and obvious Gaudreau love, this was needed because Mony never gets the recognition he deserves. If fans of other teams want to shit on the guy because they clearly never watch him play, fine, let them be stupid, but it bugs me when I see fellow Flames fans continually shaft Monahan out of the praise this guy deserves.
My only gripe is that he cut his magnificent hair.
He is on pace for 38 goals, 38 assists, for 76 points. He leads the team (and tied for NHL lead) with 7 GWG. In the previous years Mony has always started slow and cranked it up in the last 25 games and put up points then, he was on a similar pace 20 games ago and has kept that pace up, add to the late season surge he shows and he could break 40-40.
More importantly to me is his defensive player has kept improving and now the stats are reflecting it. +/- may be a stupid stat to some, but it does hold some validity and Mony is +13 right now, on pace to be a +25. His best season was +8 (the Hudler season).
I can't believe Flames fans of all people are the ones who bring up, "he's not a true #1 center, but he's alright with Gaudreau" or "Sam Bennett and Jankowski are better centers", when literally EVERY stat, Monahan is better at, except possession because he plays with a puck hog in Gaudreau (not bashing Gaudreau, it's his game and I love him for it), he recognizes what Johnny's capabilities are and lets him do his thing, it what makes him a good player. His hockey IQ is very underrated.
I just felt that in the midst of all the Ferland love and obvious Gaudreau love, this was needed because Mony never gets the recognition he deserves. If fans of other teams want to shit on the guy because they clearly never watch him play, fine, let them be stupid, but it bugs me when I see fellow Flames fans continually shaft Monahan out of the praise this guy deserves.
My only gripe is that he cut his magnificent hair.