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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
If we want Monahan to put up 80+ ponts, we will need the western conference to start being ####ty just like the old southeast was back then. You have to remember that teams played inside their own division for almost half the schedule in those days....and Jokinen feasted. There aren't as many easy nights for the Flames playing against the Cali teams and the central so much, so we can't expect that kind of production from Monahan. Production aside, I think Sean already provides a much more well rounded and cerebral game than Jokinen ever did.
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That's revisionist history in my opinion. Jokinen was well known as one of the best centres in the league at that time, and teams were pining over him. I don't think it's fair to say that he only got those points because he was playing the SE, especially because the Hurricane's won the cup and the Lightning were a playoff team. Would you say the same thing about St. Louis and Lecavalier? Or Iginla's 50 goals when the Oilers and Canucks #### the bed in 2008?
Monahan is a great player, but he's not even close to where Jokinen was at in his prime.