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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
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.
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You said discounting Monahan because he plays with Gaudreau is just like discounting Kuznetsov because he plays with Ovechkin. Monahan and Kuznetsov score about the same points every year. You are telling me Kuznetsov benefits less from Ovechkin than Monahan does from Gaudreau? Laughable. If Monahan played with Ovechkin he’d do at least as well. Maybe more because they’d start with the puck more often.