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Originally Posted by Gaudreauvertime
78 points in 79 games playing half the season with a struggling Monahan and Hudler. That's a player who has proven to be able to score 80+ points. He also scored 64p in his final 75gp as a rookie.
This is not about emotion. If they are using Hall as a bench mark, we are in trouble. He's our best player. He single handedly won us like a dozen games this year. We just paid Monahan like he's a guaranteed 65 point elite two way center, even though he's neither. It would be hugely inconsistent to not pay Johnny what he's worth. If he were eligible, teams would be offer sheeting him at 8-9MM.
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You are not an 80 point player unless you've scored 80 pts, regardless of PPG. I love Johnny, I think he could be a 100 pt player. Could be, but he is not. This is like Oil fans claiming Hall is a 30 goal scorer when he has, in fact, never done that.
Monahan is being paid as the just slightly best version of the players who are his best comparables (Forsberg, Mackinnon), which is pretty much right where he has proven to be. Elite two-way centers, at current market price, are 8-10 million dollars. Their names are Toews, Crosby, Kopitar, and Monahan is not being paid like them.