The minister highlighted the role which language education could play in Ireland’s future. Úna also welcomed her guest speakers for the second seminar on the 18 January 2019, Minister for Education Joe McHugh and Professor Mairead Nic Giolla Mhichil from Dublin City University. She encouraged teachers who had missed the first seminar to visit her Lingo Blog which has captured the highlights of November’s event. Both Brendan and Neil are E-Twinning ambassadors and are enthusiastic about the potential of digital platforms for language learning. She summarised the contributions of Brendan Colleran and Neil O Sullivan who were guest speakers at the first seminar in November 2018.
That is really not very special on a top line.Úna Carthy welcomed second and third level teachers of language to the second seminar in the National Forum series Digital Pathways into Learning Languages.
It’s the right job in the o zone if Johnny is carrying and distributingĮven Ferland who somehow a lot of people really liked, I think more from the Vancouver series than subsequent regular seasons) was a 20 goal 40 point guy. Monahan in a not very flashy way is very good at finding quiet spots. Not everybody can play with a player like Johnny. where he tells his winger not to worry when crossing the blue line as he will make sure the play is onside)) (Note: Crosby is the exception and not the rule (ex. I think this undervalues what makes skill players effective together Hes had some shifts where it looks like hes doing the right thing but his hockey IQ and his skating leave a lot to be desired. Still unless Monahan can find a way into the top 2 lines, which I have less confidence in each passing day, it does seem to get tougher to find a role for him that he can do well at. To me they seem like good candidates to be a new 3M type line with Backlund that plays the hardest matchups but holds their own.īut that leaves Monahan to play with Dube and who else as a decent third line the coach can keep them away from other teams top 6 players. Coleman and Mangiapane are both really good players, but neither guy is that setup specialist that Gaudrea or even Tkachuck are. Is he a misfit part on this team in that they don't have another good setup guy who's not skating on the top line to try him out with.
Anyone blaming that on the finisher may have an axe to grind with the player.Īt this point I think it's fair to say it will be hard to recoup full cap value for his salary vs expected production when it comes to Monahan. Monahan is a finisher playing with two guys that can't distribute the puck. Lucic at 0.41 is the very epitome of putting a decent two way complimentary player with good players and you get some points (he played a lot last year with Dube and Ryan, Backlund, but certainly not fourth line). He's working hard and doing some good things, but not producing yet.Īnd sure he should at his paygrade, but he's just not on a line where that's going to happen. They played a really nice game together in the preseason and 11 + 88 have been a really good pairing for years now. Wouldn't mind seeing Mangiapane-Backlund-Dube together as well. So they might as well try to get the most out of him. But since he's a below average skater, he almost requires a winger who can push the pace for him, which is why I believe Blake Coleman would probably be the ideal candidate to play with him.Īt this point, the Flames are stuck with him. He can't shield the puck like other big #1 centers, so he needs to be quicker. The biggest problem for him (especially as a centerman) is that he lacks the ability to hold on to the puck and gain separation. Monahan's skating is absolutely his biggest detriment. Not sure what’s going to happen with him. They most likely will not be able to trade him either. Now that he’s not in the top 6 anymore his chances to do that will be fewer and farther between. He’s not an NHL calibre skater and he’s not agressive.
The league gets faster every year which doesn’t help him. Monahan’s problem from day one has been his skating.