Yep..
After sitting down and doing some legit 'home' research on both, including scout's takes, highlights, grades, rankings.. It's clear that I'm torn half way between the two. Monahan impressed me after looking into him a bit further and I'll admit I think he's more well rounded, a bit bigger, and the reportedly top notch IQ is enticing, though I don't think he has quite the slickness and hands that Lindholm has. Watching Lindholm he's got hands like Drouin to basically deeke defenders at will but does so in an aggressive way, where if he takes a hard knock to get past them he will, but then also the grit and tenacity to be effective without the puck. He's also got that wider than normal stride when skating that scouts talk about as awkward looking but makes him harder to move off the puck etc.
Krejci / Backes with more offense - vs - Kopitar / Ribeiro with more size.
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