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Originally Posted by dino7c
Gaudreau and Monny have better numbers than him...points and much better plus minus. They are also both YOUNGER so I'm not sure what you mean the guy we dreamed about. Mony is two years younger, when Couturier was 24 (Monahan's age this season) he had 34 points. A guy with 76 points and +2 rating is elite defensively?
Seems like a grass is greener thing to me. No way I trade Gaudreau for him straight up.
I am not arguing that Couturier is a bad player but to say he is worth more than anyone on the Flames roster? nope.
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Couturier was playing lesser minutes in a shutdown role and was developing his two-way play until two years ago when he was finally used on the top line... he was already shutting down guys like Malkin in the playoffs (very effectively too) in his rookie season. I wouldn't trade Gaudreau for him, but he's a better two-way player than Monahan right now.