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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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The bolded is laughable.
What coach not named Geoff Ward would pair a shoot first (read: shoot-only, but limited range) center like Monahan with a triggerman like Ovi? I can tell you where Monahan would slot in the Caps lineup and it's not in the top 6 with their center depth.
Perhaps we just have different ideas of what makes an elite center. I say Monahan is (at best) a second line center on a contender that's paid like a top center. I would say Kuznetsov is an elite 2nd line center on a contender, and an undisputed top line center on ~10 other teams.