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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This is such a comical site at times. I don't think Brodie is the next Paul Coffee. Makes me a hater, I guess. Fallacy of the excluded middle, thy name is Calgarypuck.
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Instead of being a drama queen about it maybe you should understand why someone think you're "down" on Monahan by saying that.
Right off the bat, Linden isn't an exciting guy to compare anyone too. He's considered a leader but he spent most of his career, the years after he left Vancouver, as mostly a third line hockey player. Linden did put up 30 goals as a rookie but he never was more then a 30 goal guy, he plateaued as a goal scorer as a rookie. As a point producer he was never a huge guy either, he had 6 seasons of 70+ points and those were all early in his career in the early 90's.
Linden's years of being the guy you're comparing Monahan to are over 20 years ago, so you can't blame people for not remembering the player he was and not the guy he was for the last ten years, most people know that Linden. Personally I don't think Monahan cracks 30 goals in his rookie year like Linden did but I see a guy who has more then a 70 point season in him. It's just not a "fun" comparable, nor is it recent.
Draft position has little to do with it at this point, no? It was widely considered a top heavy draft and a year prior Monahan was widely debated as being a top overall pick. There were plenty of rumblings, I said so myself, that the guys taken 5th or 6th are potential top players from this draft. When everyone was whining about losing one or two more games I was still really pleased we'd have a shot at Monahan or Lindholm and honestly the only guy I still really muse about is Barkov, I think he could/will be the gem of the draft but a guy like Monahan could be easily in with the likes of Jones, Mackimmon etc.
No need to take shots at the site or act like a child about it though.