[scotty2hotty]

I look at Monahan / Gaudreau as an indisputable top tier tandem. They simply have their skill sets mixed up a bit.

You traditionally want a big, strong, playmaker as your #1 C. Someone who will 'drive the play'.

You traditionally want a shifty sniper as your #1 winger.

Well, we've got a big, strong sniper as our top C and a shifty playmaker as our top winger. It just so happens that our winger 'drives the play'.

It still checks off all of the boxes for an elite tandem ... albeit not in the 'traditional' sense.

For that reason I am 100% ok with Monahan as our #1 C.