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Originally Posted by GioforPM
People laughing at a Monahan-Eichel comparison need to see your Gaudreau-Ovechkin comparison. Guadreau is a very good playmaker. Ovechkin is the best goal scorer ever.
Career PPG is between Monahan and Kuznetsov is .03 difference - congrats. Kuznetsov is also one of the worst defenders in the league. Two years ago he literally had the worst advanced stats defensively. Luckily, he and Ovechkin scored a ton.
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You can twist the comparison all you want. I’ve never argued Gaudreau is on remotely the same level as Ovi - that’s you putting words in my mouth.
The stats are close in reg season and they aren’t in playoffs. I would warrant that is more than enough to explain the $1.5 in value between their deals.
If we were talking $3m difference in AAV I could see your argument. At close to the same AAV, Kuznetsov is the better player and I don’t see any evidence that suggests otherwise.