Monahan is a guy who I feel like he always gets a bad rap, but it seems like he always comes through with some big goals, whenever I watch the Flames if it's late in the third or when they are in a close game Monahan is the guy you really look out for. Him and Horvat were two guys I always saw as being similar sorts of players. Horvat is faster and better off the rush and Monahan is better in around the net and in the slot but they are both that sort of well-rounded 2c who is not necessarily a two-way guy but not a huge liability there either, and brings leadership and character.
Johansen plays more of a free-flowing kind of game where Monahan is more about playing a zone game inside the bluelines. I feel like Johansen has not really played on a team whose style fits with the style of game he wants to play and it shows more and more over the years. They have changed a lot of personnel in Nashville but I still think he could use a change of scenery, I think he would do well on a team like Carolina or Chicago where they open it up a bit more and have other top offensive guys to carry more of the load.