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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think Pavelski and Monahan are both vastly under-appreciated by fans league wide, and I think it is the same underlying reason. I think fans see both as really good players, but are being propped up by a line mate - Thornton for Pavelski, and Gaudreau for Monahan.
I don't agree with that assessment personally - neither is like a Lemieux-Brown situation.
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I think that is definitely part of it. I also think there are a couple of other reasons:
- Neither Pavelski nor Monahan play a particularly flashy game. They seem to quietly put up numbers. While someone like Gaudreau looks like a wizard out there, and that gets fans talking.
- Both Pavelski and Monahan are equally good scorers as they are play makers (meaning they get basically as many goals as they do assists), whereas a player like Thornton puts up monstrous numbers of assists. Which makes people think of him as a super elite play maker, which increases the hype and popularity of the player.