Call-ups and a general inability to finish lead to a lackluster weekend in Cleveland for the Monsters
The Lake Erie Monsters, at the best of times, are not what you would call an American Hockey League offensive powerhouse. It varies, but the Monsters these days generally rank somewhere around 20th among 30 AHL teams in goals scored.
Take away the likes of Oliver Bjorkstrand and Michael Chaput – and even defenseman John Ramage, for that matter – and Lake Erie's popgun attack becomes even less intimidating.
Which, it bears mentioning, is exactly what happened to the Monsters over the last several days, resulting in a three-game stretch in which they only managed two points.