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Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
I completely disagree. Having jiri and Johnny on our team has helped a lot of players offensively. If you can't admit Sean is a beneficiary of a lot of tape to tape brilliant passes and vision and just Having more space due to the 2 speedy wizards on his line then I don't know what to say. You actually think if anything it's mony boosting the other twos scoring? All I can do is laugh at that.
Having Johnny and jiri on a line would open up space for any player. I could see ovie having a career year with these 2. They open up ice and then find the perfect pass at the perfect time. But sure it's not playing into Sean's numbers at all. In fact they need Sean to get these assists...nobody else could pot those goals..
Monahan is good. But he isnt the one boosting stats for gaudreau and hudler it's probably the other way around. We're such homers sometimes we can't even look honestly at our team and players. Sean isn't in the same world as toews even when toews was 21. Toews at the same age could play with Byron and granlund and out score Sean. He out scored Sean in 64 games in his sophomore season. I personally don't think he has what it takes to be comparable to arguable the best player on the planet. It's unfair to Sean.
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Wow, this is just all over the place. Seems like some hidden disdain for Monahan coupled with obtusity honestly.
I was very clearly implying that Monahan was an integral part of that top line and not a passenger or beneficiary as you were skeptically suggesting.
All three of those players made each other better.
Monahan has been a revelation for this team at a young age and is arguably one of - if not the - best player from his draft year. He is a #1 Centre at a very young age, and an extremely promising young player. He doesn't need to be compared to anyone to have these impressive attributes appreciated.
With that last paragraph you seem to be taking the article and comparison way, way too literally and seem to have some underlaying spite festering. No one is being a "homer" acknowledging how good Sean Monahan has been early in his career.
