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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Are Monahan and Lindholm equally as talented as Nichushkin though? That seems to be counter to a lot of the published information on those players. Nichushkin sounds like he is in the same tier as MacKinnon, Drouin and Barkov, and that it is the Russian factor pushing him down.
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I think they are yes. I think he has a lot of "mystique" around him and often that is translated to talent.
Part of talent for me is being able to use that talent at the NHL level and I think that in that regards especially Lindholm and Monahan are definitely at least equal to Nichuskin. I think they all have say 9/10 upside with Lindholm and Monhan having a much higher likelihood of reaching that.
I also wouldn't include Barkov with MacKinnon and Drouin and put him with Monahan/Lindholm/Nichuskin.