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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Monahan played center and worked his way up to the 1st line from the 3rd line, scoring 22 goals and just 8 pims on one of the worst teams in hockey.
He immediately produced as the top line centre.
Spencer Foo produced more offense with gaudreau than Bennett did.
At some point you just have to look at the goals and assists column.
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Monahan and Bennett got basically the same opportunity on the powerplay in their first year, around 2 minutes per game, and produced roughly the same amount, 7 points for monahan, 8 for bennett. They were both 7th in powerplay icetime in their respective rookie years.
Monahan scored 19 even strength goals in his rookie year, Bennett 15.
Bennett produced 28 even strenght points in his rookie year. Good for 7th on the team. Monahan scored 27 even strength points in his rookie year, good for 4th on the team.
Monahan did this on a much worse team from the centre ice position. Bennett did his on a playoff calibre team from the wing.
Bennett took 4x as many penalties as Monahan did in their rookie campaigns.