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Originally Posted by Nelson
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One thing to flag with this stat is that PLD was a better overall player last season but that doesn't mean he's going to be substantially better moving forward.
For example in 18-19 Monahan had an overall game score of 88 (If I'm remembering correctly) and I think if you look at three year view they are pretty close overall to one another.
Dubois holds the advantage is that he's younger and has 4 years of team control left (vs. 3 years for Monahan) but I don't think it's a home run that Dubois ends up being a substantially better player over the next three years of those deals.
IMO this breaks down to:
-Dubois is the better play driver and is more physical.
-Monahan is the better goal scorer, and is more proven.
-Neither are very good defensively.
-Dubois is 4 years younger and has 1 extra season of team control left (Monahan 3 years left on contract, Dubois 2 years on contract, 4 years to UFA)
And I still think that Dubois is getting too much credit as a "playoff performer" for his one great game against the Leafs, that came the day after he was benched. Overall their career playoff numbers are pretty similar.
0.73 PPG - 19 points in 26 games
0.7 PPG - 21 points in 30 games
I'd still make the move likely if it was Monahan + 1st (top 3 protected) but if a bidding war starts for the player then I'm more than happy for the Flames to stay out of it.
Monahan has looked better than he has in 2 years to start this season, so I'm not going to lose sleep if we move forward with Lindholm/Monahan/Backlund as our top 3 centers moving forward.