Sean Monahan is off to a good start to the season with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The forward already has twenty points including seven goals in twenty games so far this year.
He is notably on a seven-point streak (1 goal, 6 assists) in three games which coincides with his team’s three-game winning streak.
This winning streak allows the Jackets to have a respectable first quarter of the season playing for .500 with a record of 9-9-2 three points from the last place giving access to the playoffs.
Sean Monahan’s production also allows him to mark the history of the Columbus club by becoming the third player to score at least twenty points in his first twenty games with the team. He thus joins Andrew Cassels and Johnny Gaudreau.
Although unintentionally, the former Canadiens player found another way to honor the memory of his good friend Johnny Hockey in his own way.
Moreover, Monahan’s good start to the campaign could have helped the Habs perform better this season. His one point per game production would make him the team’s leading scorer so far this season.
His presence would also allow for a more balanced attack while Monahan could have helped the contribution of our second line.
I understand why trading Monahan, who was going to be a free agent at the end of last season, made sense from a rebuilding and hockey standpoint, but I really felt like the organization sacrificed the present for the future.
Yes, we have a good return with a first choice from the Jets which we then traded to the Kings to get the excellent prospect Michael Hage, but who will be able to help the team in what? A year, two years, maybe more?
However, Monahan is the kind of veteran you want on your team, who is going to be a leader by example and bring good ethics to the young guys.
It’s really the first move of the reconstruction where I felt a regression of the team which began to fall in the standings following the Monahan trade. And we can wonder if it is this same regression that we are feeling so far this season.
On the other hand, let’s remember that the striker was a free agent this summer and it was he who chose to play in Columbus, in particular to have the opportunity to play with Gaudreau.
In short, let’s hope Sean Monahan can continue this momentum and have a good season with the Blue Jackets.
In burst
– La solution?
– Ouch…
– It’s not idle for long.
– Big victory for the Packers.
– The Broncos are to be taken seriously.
– Bird duel.
– Money for Canada.
