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Crumpy-Gunt · 10-27-2015, 12:59 PM

Monahan is the most overrated player on this forum. We were so starved for a prospect that a 20 and 30 goal season back to back from a rookie who broke out and stuck around at 18 means we have an elite center

Let's go back to his rookie season. I personally have never seen a more sheltered player. Offensive zone starts top pairing behind him etc etc. it's not like the kid took on our toughest matchups and still scored 20 in his rookie season. He was put in the easiest lowest stress situations.

Last season he played well but I feel he rode the coat tails of Hudler Gaudreau gio and Brodie.

I'm not saying he's bad but he probably isn't as good as most here think. He's an average skater who throws less checks than Gaudreau. He isn't physical he isn't someone who can drive a line or produce offense on his own, he is a finisher.

I don't think he has an amazing 2 way game. He has decent positioning and a good 2 way game for his age group among that position. To me he is a 2nd line center on a team good enough to contend for a decade.

I also believe Gaudreau deserves a bigger contract. It's a no brainer to me. One is a top 10 player in his position. The other is as EV mentioned in a lower tier of younger players and still not atop that tier.

We don't have that elite number one center. Yet. Maybe Monahan will become that. Maybe Bennett. Maybe someone else. But right now we have a 3rd year center who has scored a lot of opportune goals playing with 2 elite playmakers and the best d pairing in the NHL.

If people believe mony is an elite center in this league right now I wonder how they would feel if malkin played for us. What would he be if mony is a elite center. Maybe we would call malkin God incarnate as a hockey player from Russia.

I find it telling that people are ready to trade Hamilton but don't make much of Monahans super slow start to the season. Also he got embarrassed by Kesler during the Anaheim series. You want to know why mony isn't an elite center you go back and watch that series.

Maybe he could become one. I hope so. But he isn't one now. Don't kid yourselves

10-27-2015, 12:59 PM	#71
Crumpy-Gunt Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: 403 Exp:	Monahan is the most overrated player on this forum. We were so starved for a prospect that a 20 and 30 goal season back to back from a rookie who broke out and stuck around at 18 means we have an elite center Let's go back to his rookie season. I personally have never seen a more sheltered player. Offensive zone starts top pairing behind him etc etc. it's not like the kid took on our toughest matchups and still scored 20 in his rookie season. He was put in the easiest lowest stress situations. Last season he played well but I feel he rode the coat tails of Hudler Gaudreau gio and Brodie. I'm not saying he's bad but he probably isn't as good as most here think. He's an average skater who throws less checks than Gaudreau. He isn't physical he isn't someone who can drive a line or produce offense on his own, he is a finisher. I don't think he has an amazing 2 way game. He has decent positioning and a good 2 way game for his age group among that position. To me he is a 2nd line center on a team good enough to contend for a decade. I also believe Gaudreau deserves a bigger contract. It's a no brainer to me. One is a top 10 player in his position. The other is as EV mentioned in a lower tier of younger players and still not atop that tier. We don't have that elite number one center. Yet. Maybe Monahan will become that. Maybe Bennett. Maybe someone else. But right now we have a 3rd year center who has scored a lot of opportune goals playing with 2 elite playmakers and the best d pairing in the NHL. If people believe mony is an elite center in this league right now I wonder how they would feel if malkin played for us. What would he be if mony is a elite center. Maybe we would call malkin God incarnate as a hockey player from Russia. I find it telling that people are ready to trade Hamilton but don't make much of Monahans super slow start to the season. Also he got embarrassed by Kesler during the Anaheim series. You want to know why mony isn't an elite center you go back and watch that series. Maybe he could become one. I hope so. But he isn't one now. Don't kid yourselves Last edited by Crumpy-Gunt; 10-27-2015 at 01:03 PM.