4 Calgary Flames Searching For Form In Mile High City
By Luke Ryan
Sean Monahan
Sean Monahan is a bit of an outlier here; statistically speaking he isn’t doing too badly this year. He’s at least scored two goals and had offered up five assists. However, these numbers don’t match the form he has previously shown.
Last year he was a sixty point man and in his rookie season he was a solid thirty point man. His start to the year suggests a sophomore slump, but this is a player entering his third full season on the Calgary Flames roster.
The 6th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft sees time on a line alongside Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne, which should at any rate be offering some decent offense.
Hudler looks to have found his spark but there’s a bit of pressure for Monahan to step up and deliver the goods with a bit more routine now.
Given the minutes he’s seeing on the ice, he’s not putting enough shots on net to help create the much-needed offense the Flames need to win games.
His shot attempt percentage is sitting at a lowly 46.44%, which equates to 20th best this year for the Flames – time to step it up.
Hopefully the Avalanche game can serve as a launching point for Monahan’s season; with momentum on the Flames’ side, Sean has a good chance to really start rolling and hopefully improve the chemistry between himself and his line-mates. That is, of course, if the offensive lines aren’t shuffled once more, but that’s a whole other story in itself.
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