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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Eichel is an elite top line C who would probably become this franchise's greatest C in it's history if he can start avoiding injuries. Monahan is a great 2c and gaudreau is a great complimentary star, like kessel was. I say sub Montour in for Miller and call it a day
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Wrong. Gaudreau is an elite LW. Over the past 5 years and of the LW playing, he's 4th in points, 3rd in P/G, 3rd in EVP/G. He's the only LW in the same conversation as Marchand, Panarin, and Ovechkin over that period, nobody else is remotely close. Monahan, on the other end, is a good 1c (and if you wanted to call him a 2c, he would be "elite").
Montour is good, but given the expansion draft, we'd likely lose him or a better defenceman.
Is Eichel elite? Nothing has shown that he's there
yet but sure, things point in that direction. McDavid is elite, MacKinnon is elite. Crosby is elite. Are Barkov or Schiefele elite? Eichel is a step below them, maybe just barely.
If Eichel is an elite center, Gaudreau is certainly an elite winger. There's no debate.