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Caged Great · 05-31-2014, 11:47 PM

Monahan had 22 goals this year, on one of the worst teams in the league offensively.

The number of times Evander Kane eclipsed that mark was only once, which was the only time he scored 20+.

It's not like E. Kane is one of the top 10 players in the league. He's not in the top 50 in my opinion.

I watched each of the comparable players when they were 18 multiple times (Duchene - RNH - Kopitar) and the only one of those guys that I would say is clearly better than their current counterpart is Kopitar and it's not by a gigantic amount. Bennett and Duchene are basically the same guy with the same level of in your face flashiness, although Bennett is taller by 2 inches. Reinhart is taller than RNH and he is also slight for his size (I think RNH was a slightly better passer at the same age).

This draft gets slagged a bit because it doesn't have MacKinnon at the top, but the players in this draft are really good. I could easily see any of the top 5 forwards (MDC) be 60+ point getters down the road, I doubt there's a 90 point guy amongst them though (Bennett would be likeliest candidate for that if any of them do)

05-31-2014, 11:47 PM	#5103
Caged Great Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	Monahan had 22 goals this year, on one of the worst teams in the league offensively. The number of times Evander Kane eclipsed that mark was only once, which was the only time he scored 20+. It's not like E. Kane is one of the top 10 players in the league. He's not in the top 50 in my opinion. I watched each of the comparable players when they were 18 multiple times (Duchene - RNH - Kopitar) and the only one of those guys that I would say is clearly better than their current counterpart is Kopitar and it's not by a gigantic amount. Bennett and Duchene are basically the same guy with the same level of in your face flashiness, although Bennett is taller by 2 inches. Reinhart is taller than RNH and he is also slight for his size (I think RNH was a slightly better passer at the same age). This draft gets slagged a bit because it doesn't have MacKinnon at the top, but the players in this draft are really good. I could easily see any of the top 5 forwards (MDC) be 60+ point getters down the road, I doubt there's a 90 point guy amongst them though (Bennett would be likeliest candidate for that if any of them do) __________________ Fireside Chat - The #1 Flames Fan Podcast - FiresideChat.ca Last edited by Caged Great; 05-31-2014 at 11:50 PM.