Woodtkachuk
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I've been surprised how strong he's gotten throughout the year. Quite an eye-opener watching a 19 year old power his way towards the net.
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And if you do look at things like his offensive zone start, quality of competition etc., you'll see that Monahan has played sheltered minutes all season. I like Monahan a lot, super stoked he's on the team, but his rookie season does not have him projecting as a player on the level of Getzlaf/Toews. Granted, this could change with a strong off-season and continued development, but speaking on his small sample size so far, there's a very clear difference between Monahan and the "elite" tier of centres.
His numbers are fairly comparable to Eric Staal's first season, which was played right after his draft year. I actually like that comparable better then Toews. Maybe better in the faceoff circle.
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Both players you mentioned didn't play right after being drafted, keep that in mind while discussing potential. Elite players don't always dominate as an 18/19 year old.
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This is what I've always thought. I see him, at the peak of his career, just barely becoming a Top 10 center. Definitely not elite, but for the most part a serviceable 1C. Or a great 2C (mayhaps behind McJesus
)looking only at a player's rookie season to compare how they will end up is really not a good way of doing things.
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No kidding. Some great players have had terrible rookie seasons. Some mediocre players have had great rookie seasons.
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I think that by seasons end he will be one of the Calder finalists.. Obviously MacKinnon will win it hands down (and rightfully so) but I think he will be a nominee!
There's little wonder why his goal total almost doubles his assist total. He fed Galiardi a clean cross crease pass last night only to have Galiardi completely flub it. I'm really excited to see how well Monahan can do playing with the likes of Gaudreau, Poirier, and (a reignited) Baertschi.
Also, his faceoff percentage is 45.5%. Pretty decent for a rookie, and completely identical to Corsby's rookie season FO percentage (45.5%).
Maybe if he continues to completely tear it up down the stretch. Right now there are quite a few rookies statistically superior to him in everything but goals. Older rookies, but rookies nonetheless.
Also, his faceoff percentage is 45.5%. Pretty decent for a rookie, and completely identical to Corsby's rookie season FO percentage (45.5%).
Maybe if he continues to completely tear it up down the stretch. Right now there are quite a few rookies statistically superior to him in everything but goals. Older rookies, but rookies nonetheless.
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He holds the puck longer now and is more comfortable with the puck. He even tried a behind the back pass last game (the one to cammy). He's using his size more and also utilizing it to his advantage when he dumps it in he always gets the puck back. It's been eye opening watching him grow throughout this season.
Tied for 2nd in rookie goals, 7th in points - and doesn't appear in the latest HF calder poll. Nor did he even get any votes to get a mention.
But then again this pretty much sums up HF:
"December's leader, New York Rangers' left wing Chris Kreider, was third on our list in January but slipped completely out of our top ten after a four-game scoreless drought"
So based on 4 games Kreider apparently went from 3rd to out of the top 10.
Terrible work HF. Just terrible.
But then again this pretty much sums up HF:
"December's leader, New York Rangers' left wing Chris Kreider, was third on our list in January but slipped completely out of our top ten after a four-game scoreless drought"
So based on 4 games Kreider apparently went from 3rd to out of the top 10.
Terrible work HF. Just terrible.
RNH although playing 20 games less still had the same amount of points as Landeskog and lost, Yak was tied for rookie scoring and wasnt even nominated.
There is definite east-coast bias for awards imo, Monahan should be nominated but probably won't be
I actually don't think he should be nominated - this is an impressive crop of rookies that goes well beyond 10 deep. Just a mention though in the article was merited if anything to highlight how deep this class is.
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