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Originally Posted by New Era
For total points scored from 2018-2021 Monahan ranks 24th.
5-on-5 scoring from 2018-2021.
The "Superstars"
1. McDavid - 172 points
2. Draisaitl - 168 points
3. MacKinnon - 144 points
5. Matthews - 134 points
10. Crosby - 120 points
The "CP Favorites" or players that have been mentioned as replacements for Monahan.
6. Barkov - 129 points
12. O'Reilly - 118 points
14. Eichel - 115 points
15. Malkin - 113 points
16. Barzal - 112 points
21. Zibanejad - 105 points
26. Petersson - 101 points
27. Lindholm - 100 points
28. Kuznetsov - 99 points
29. Schenn - 97 points
33. Horvat - 94 points
35. - Bergeron - 94 points
36. Krejci - 94 points
37. Duchene - 92 points
Sean "terrible at 5-on-5" Monahan?
24th with 103 points.
Hopefully this puts an end to this stupid narrative he doesn't score 5-on-5. If anything, Monahan doesn't score enough on the PP to keep up with some of those peers he gets compared to. Take "Simple Jack" Eichel. 14th in 5-on-5, but 7th in PP scoring! "Boring Sean Monahan" is Mr. Consistency in scoring, staying at 24th in almost every measure. There in lies the problem with Monahan. He's not flashy and he's consistent in his output, so the fans here who so badly want someone to complete with McDavid take out their angst and frustration on the guy who just gets the job done.
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I'm not disagreeing he's put up points.. but that doesn't take away from the fact that if you watch him play (instead of comparing his point totals), he's constantly dominated in matchups at 5v5. Hopefully this puts an end to this stupid narrative that he's anywhere near as impactful as those players you just listed (above or below).
You can show all the stats you want to prove that Monahan "just gets the job done", but look at every other player on that list and tell me which player you would choose Monahan over, Stats are one thing, but points aside yes the guy gets dominated in head-to-heads. ESPECIALLY against those players you just mentioned.
I genuinely didn't think this was a hot take.. but I'll stand by it and hope Monahan proves me wrong.