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Originally Posted by DJones
Consensus ranking for Monahan was 7th. Bennett was a candidate for #1.
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This simply isn't true. The 2013 had a consensus top 4, in some particular order, then a tier that included Monahan, Lindholm, Nurse etc. with a wildcard Nichushkin but usually preference given to the centers. Monahan rarely found his way outside of the top 6, certainly wasn't a consensus number 7.
Bennett was certainly more of a consensus number 4 than Monahan was a number 7. Bennett's draft year was also quite a bit weaker than Monahan's. Not nearly as hyped. That said, I would still put Bennett ahead of Monahan in their pre-draft rankings but Monahan has shot up a lot while Bennett hasn't.