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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
Wow today I learned that Eichel and Monahan are on the same tier. This is starting to tread dangerously close to a few years ago when a one or two commented that they would take Monahan over McDavid. As a fan board we are expected to be biased but this is hfboards stuff. Watch hockey other than your own team occasionally instead of just deferring to raw point totals as the only measure.
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I’d say Mackinnon and Matthews are a rung higher than Eichel, who is likely in a level with guys like Tavares, prime Thornton, prime Getzlaf, etc. when all is said and done. I haven’t watched him enough to be a fair judge though. His production has always fallen short of what I thought it would be and this year it’s bad. Monahan has a slump? Look at Eichel.
Monahan’s obviously below the top few levels. I’d say he’s only behind because of his skating though. It’s a huge factor.