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Originally Posted by ricardodw
the flames have played a lot more exhibition games... games that are not important in the standings.
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the Panthers were the 2nd worst team in Barkovs rookie year and the Avs were nowhere close to playoffs last year either. When all is said and done this season, all of Monahan, Barkov and MacKinnon will have reached the playoffs once in their 3 NHL seasons.
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In terms of offense, we probably got the best forward of the class. Barkov will be the better defensive player and probably the better overall player, but if Monahan continues to develop, he won't be far off.
Here's the 9 forwards from that draft class who have played 100+ games.
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GP G-A-P G/G P/G
Sean Monahan 231 80-75-155 0.35 0.67
Nathan MacKinnon 218 59-94-153 0.27 0.70
Aleksander Barkov 184 47-62-109 0.26 0.59
Elias Lindholm 215 36-61-97 0.17 0.45
Valeri Nichushkin 160 23-39-62 0.14 0.39
Andre Burakovsky 125 25-33-58 0.20 0.46
Bo Horvat 143 25-33-58 0.17 0.41
Alexander Wennberg 131 11-41-52 0.08 0.40
Curtis Lazar 138 12-23-35 0.09 0.25