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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Not wanting to add gasoline to the fire but the age difference and potential between Schenn and Monahan has been vastly over stated
Players who have had their career years as 21 year olds:
Ovechkin
Crosby
Hall
Eberle
Toews
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That's all well and good, but you're still using Monahan's 19 year old season directly after being drafted when he put up 34 points in your comparison over the last three years. I don't think Monahan is that 34 point player.
Monahan repeated his success after playing with Hudler and Gaudreau to playing Gaudreau and whatever scrub was on his other wing. That was a good indicator that he's a "60 point player" at minimum, seeing as he's done it twice.
Schenn didn't quite put up 60 points despite playing with Giroux and Simmonds who both did. There's the chance that this was his career year, playing with two very good players. As you're somewhat arguing, it's not often that players improve their numbers as 24 year olds, but Schenn did. If he reverts back to that 20-25-45 player he had been for the previous three years, then the contract doesn't look so hot.