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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Presumably a player's value has something to do with the contract he's offered? They're both clearly better players. Gaudreau is a full step above. I suspect he'll get a fair bit more money.
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Is he as much better as we think though? How much is systems related and the like. There likely is advanced stats evidence that may suggest who's better at possession and driving the play that could ultimately favor Gaudreau.
The old world mentality that I have suggests Forsberg really shouldn't be compared to Monahan due to the positional difference. Compared to Gaudreau, Forsberg has actually been the better goal scorer of the two in the past two years. Forsberg obviously is bigger, and has been on a more successful team.
I'm not sure if the difference here is huge though. I think the difference in contract dollar value could come down to terms. Gaudrea for 6 years will be less than Gaudreau for 8 years, question is how much, 1.5 a year?