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Originally Posted by Rerun
I think a case for Monahan’s equality to MacKinnon can be made and his play these past few weeks for the Flames certainly strengthens it. Not saying he’s better, but a case can be made that he’s just as good. Of course then I may be biased as I’ve seen a lot more of Money’s play than I have of Mackinnon.
Anyways….
Monahan WAS drafted in 6th place, but was that because he was the 6th best player in the draft or because he had the misfortune to play for the sad sack Ottawa 67s who had a win % of 27.9?
Mackinnon was drafted #1. Was that because he was the best player in the draft or because he had the advantage of playing on the Memorial Cup champion Halifax Mooseheads which has a win % of 88.2?
Monahan scored 31 goals and the whole team only scored 208 goals. That means he scored approx. 15% of the teams goals.
MacKinnon scored 32 goals BUT the whole team scored 347 goals. That’s 9% of the team’s goals.
Its pretty obvious that MacKinnon had way more help getting where he is than Monahan had. Monahan virtually had to carry his team on his back.
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The NHL scouts do this for a living. They actually watch the kids play. I doubt MacKinnon was ranked higher up because he got more points. Some fans could be blame for just looking at the points but I would to think the NHL amateur scouts are bit better at judging talent.