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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Jarome Iginla literally turned a 32 point Conroy into a 75 point pseudo-#1C and he never played with one other great player at forward. While he was teammates with some great players (Savard, St. Louis, Fleury) there were reasons, often off the ice, why none of those became the pairing that Johnny-Mony is. The guys he did eventually get - Lankgow, Conroy, Huselius, Tanguay, Simon, Jokinen - were all flawed players, not bonafide superstars like Gaudreau.
Iginla was also so, so much more than a goal scorer. Despite Monahan playing center, I'd wager Iginla had more shift-for-shift impact. He was like, A Byfuglien and a Wheeler at the same time.
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Pre-24, Iginla was not that player.
My point is not so much Monahn > Iginla, so much as it is Monahan is outproducing Iginla at the same points in their respective careers. Obviously they do things differently. Different eras, cheap owners, no cap, the list goes on.
And yet. Can we reasonably ask any more of Sean Monahan than outproducing Jarome Iginla after five years while playing #1C for four of them?