[calgaryblood]

Originally Posted by MattyC

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.

If Hall played 80 games and scored 29 goals then I think people would cut Oiler fans some slack when they called him a 30 goal scorer but he hasn't. Gaudreau has played at PPG for close to 80 games so yes it's fair to call him a 80 point player.