Lindholm and Tkachuk have surpassed Gaudreau/Monahan over the past 1.5 years. It’s strange to me that some Flames fans can’t see it.
This year, maybe (and Tkachuk is irrelevant). Last year Lindholm was great and you could argue he was a key missing ingredient on the line. But Monahan was still 7 goals and 4 points better in 3 less games, playing centre versus wing.
ETA: In a redraft from before last season, Lindholm was 14th and Monahan was 4th.
https://www.nhl.com/news/mackinnon-r...ft/c-299071996 A great year isn't going to vault Lindholm 10 spots.
And in this one from last spring, Monahan is 3rd (it only goes to 4th so no Lindholm):
https://thecomeback.com/nhl/redrafti...hl-drafts.html