One way to look at it is career year - but one thing clouding it for some of those guys is that the first couple years out of the lockout were much higher scoring, and scoring overall again.
Another way to look at it is to look at the age of the NHL scoring leaders over the last 6 years - since that will normalize for the shift to lower scoring overall in the league.
Malkin: 109 Pts - Age 25
Kane: 106 Pts - Age 27
Crosby: 104 Pts - Age 26
D.Sedin: 104 Pts - Age 29
St.Louis: 99 Pts - Age 35
Perry: 98 Pts - Age 25
Stamkos: 97 Pts - Age 21
H.Sedin: 94 Pts - Age 29
Giroux: 93 pts - Age 23
Benn: 89 Pts - Age 26
Getzlaf: 87 Pts - Age 28
Tavares: 86 Pts - Age 23
Iginla: 86 Pts - Age 33
Ovechkin: 85 Pts - Age 24
Spezza: 84 Pts - Age 28
Seguin: 84 Pts - Age 21
A couple of guys hit the top scoring charts at 21 - but for the most part the top scorers in the league fall in that 23-29 age range. Which tend to be the top producing years in the NHL for a forward.
Both the Flames and Flyers will be paying their respective players for those core years on their next contracts - which will drive the price up.
Monahan could top out as a 60 pt forward but that likely still gets him a contract in the 6 year x $6M range.
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