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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Nobody asked for Monahan's stats. Re-read your post. You were trying to correct me by offering some more favourable looking stats for Monahan, which I'm refuting because those numbers don't tell even half the story.
There's no doubt that Gaudreau got the better linemates. But there's not a chance in the world Monahan would be doing what Gaudreau is doing if he was in the same position. Heck, Gaudreau played a few periods with Managiapane and even he managed to find the back of the net a couple times. Don't sell Andrew Mangiapane short here, he's a helluva player and was actually the leading even strength point getter among wingers just 10 games ago. If anything, statistically speaking, Monahan upgraded when he was moved on to a line with Eat Bread and Dube.
It has never been a question to me who the driver is between Gaudreau and Monahan, it has always been Gaudreau and whatever line he ends up on, generally finds success. This past few weeks have all but proven that.
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OK. You didn’t ask for his stats. You just misstated them. My apologies. And how was I putting more favourable stats out there? I said how many point he had since the switch, which is roughly half of what Gaudreau has. Ho is that somehow more favourable?
As for linemates, Andrew Mangiapane is a good player. Brett Ritchie is not. And while Mangiapane is good, he’s not Lindholm, nor is he even Tkachuk. Do you want to add Tkachuk and Lindholm’s points pre-switch and compare them to Mangiapane and Ritchie? Let’s not get crazy here by asserting Gaudreau got the worse linemates.
No one is saying Monahan would be doing what Gaudreau is (which isn’t that earth shattering BTW). So, if you don’t mind, quit putting words in my mouth.