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Originally Posted by blankall
Firstly, you're taking into account Eichel's rookie year and excluding Monahan's. Secondly Monahan does not generate the offence on his lines, Gaudreau does. Eichel generates his offence.
Comparing Eichel and Monahan is silly. Eichel is clearly a legit #1 centre, and a top 10 centre in the league. The only downside to Eichel is the injury risk.
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He's also ignoring the fact that Eichel has 12 more points in
60 less games over that time span.
And, given Eichel's average P/GP, we can expect that had they played the same amount, Eichel would have a 70 point lead over Monahan... good for the 5th best scoring center in the entire league over that time, behind only McDavid, Drai, Crosby, and MacKinnon.
Overall I'm not sure why people have to go ditch to ditch or trash one player to raise another up. Things can be true simultaneously. Eichel produces like an elite center and at a much higher rate than Monahan ever has. That isn't a shot against Monahan, who is also very good (and much better than those who have soured on him give him credit for).