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Old 10-20-2013, 01:22 AM   #554
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Originally Posted by Jables16 View Post
The Oilers kept all three of their first overall picks up in their first year. Didn't help the team and I don't think it helped certain players. Nugent-Hopkins came out like a house of fire in his first nine games as well and forced the team to keep him up. He had a good half season then got hurt because he wasn't physically ready to be there and since then has been nothing but injured and inconsistent. That's the only worry I have about keeping Monahan up (although he does seem more physically developed that Nuge at this point).

You can easily make a case either way and this is an important decision, I hope they make call whatever that may be.
I think the difference is that Nugent Hopkin was physically undeveloped at the time and the Oilers put him on the top line and threw him out against 220 pound first line defencemen. Monahan is a more physically mature product and still has a line ahead of him that will shelter him a bit
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