It's polarizing, I think, because many are taking 50 to mean something different than each other. In the past two full seasons, only 1 player this year, and two in the previous reached 50.
If the NHL stays the way it is! Monahan reaching 50 would mean he'd have to be the best, or at least top 3 goal scorers of that season. To do it consistently, that would mean he would have to be one of the best snipers in the game year, in Crosby like elite company.
As good as many of us feel he is, that's probably tough to believe can happen, no matter how positive you want to be.
On the other side of the argument, I'm going to assume that people thinking he can hit 50 are thinking of what 50 used to mean and feel like Monahan can be an elite offensive player. This is not as hard of a thought to wrap your head around, and I think the main point these folks are trying to make is that Monahan just put up 20 plus goals in a young rookie season on a bad team, let's not try and ceiling the kid as a 2nd tier offensive talent just yet, because his rookie numbers give hope to the fact he might have top tier in him.
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