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Originally Posted by heep223
Monahan has more goals than Mackinnon since they were drafted. Obviously Mackinnon is a borderline franchise player now where Monahan is not.
Just throwing that out there, I was surprised by that stat.
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That stat comes up quite a bit. Monahan built a huge lead while Mackinnon was finding his legs. And that was viewed as more of Mackinnon being a bit disappointing than Monahan being great. But let’s be honest - Mackinnon is in the top 5 Cs in the league. And he’s not really about goal scoring, he’s more about creating the conditions for goals to be scored.
I like Monahan - he’s lone of my favourite Flames and I defend him a lot here. I think he will regain his scoring touch. But I think expectations were overblown by fans. Not by management or fans outside this team. Just by anyone who thought he was a franchise centre.