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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Kybb and Love are out of it. Monahan has been money since the day he came here and its not even debatable.
He's 13th in points for centerman ~ 10 points behind Sidney freaking Crosby.
He's 8th in Goals for centerman ~ 6 from the tops in the league (Evgeni Malkin)
He's 33rd in ATOI for centerman at 18:41 per game ~ well below what all the players ahead of him in stats are averaging and that's because the Flames actually are quite a bit deeper up front then we tend to give them credit for.
Monahan is legit ~ this thread is here to recognize this FACT ~ can we stop with the crap about Draisaitl and how Monahan isn't elite? His numbers clearly dispute that argument vehemently.
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Listen I love Monahan as much as the next guy, but I hesitate to label Monahan as an elite centre in the NHL.
Humdinger of a shot, pretty good on faceoffs, but he just doesn't dictate the play like Crosby, Malkin, McDavid, Kopitar or Tavares.
I think those stats you listed indicates he's definitely a very good NHL centre but i just can't label him as elite.
The Flames have a long list of extremely average top line centres, especially over the last 15 years or so, so it's obvious why Monahan stands out.
Conroy, Langkow and Jokinen are a who's who of very OK centre ice man. Monahan is and will continue to be better than those three but this team hasn't had an elite C since Doug Gilmour.
But hey Monahan is awesome and I hope he keeps improving!