^ Deployment has a bit to do with this. Bergeron is not only the top line C, he's the shutdown C, so he's matched against guys who draw penalties. This is the case for a guy like Backlund obviously, and even Crosby. And some of these guys fight, which shoots the PM/g way up, since it's 1.5 times a normal penalty. Some are just dirty, like Kesler, and Getzlaf and Thornton to an extent.
I'm not sure of the conclusions here though. Is Monahan less passive than Barkov or Matthews, under this analysis? Lemieux was a rougher player than Jarome?
No one is arguing Monahan is some hitting machine. People are saying he stands in in the middle of the traffic and takes abuse in order to try and score.
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