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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Why is that Sean Monahan's job? Do other top centers fight to protect themselves?
Isn't that the whole reason this team employs Lucic, Rinaldo,etc?
It's very rare for a guy who's playing as a top line center to fight. Let's look back to 13-14 and look at the top 20 centers in league scoring over that time (Monahan is 19th).
Crosby - 2
McDavid - 0
Tavares - 0
Giroux - 1
Backstrom - 0
Mackinnon - 6
Malkin - 4
Kopitar - 0
Seguin - 1
Pavelski - 3
Scheifele - 1
Draisaitl - 0
O'Reilly - 0
Bergeron - 2
Stamkos - 4
Barkov - 0
Getzlaf - 16
Toews - 4
Monahan - 1
Johansen - 9
Damn, look at all those soft centers that don't fight. Wouldn't want any of those guys on my team.
It's ridiculous to think that the guy who is your top 6 goal scoring center, who has a history of hand/wrist injuries now, should be fighting to protect himself.
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Fighting is one metric for "toughness" but would be interesting to see penalty minutes for the people on that list during the same timeframe and maybe even limited to a range of specific penalties.
Still not a perfect metric for "toughness" but things like roughing, cross-checking, slashing, etc. would at least show how engaged they are in physical play.