William Karlsson Versus Sean Monahan

[GlitchMarner]

Which centre would you prefer to have on your team?

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[tony d]

Monahan.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

About even I’ll take the younger monahan

 

[Tkachuky]

Of course people are jumping on Karlsson as his stock is high now. Will see what he does next year.

 

[olli]

Monagan because he's younger, and likely cheaper.

 

[Incognito]

Not saying that it's impossible for Karlsson to one day prove that he is the right choice here, but at this point, it would be a pretty dangerous gamble to take him over Monahan.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

William Karlsson. The guy is the real deal. You don't get this far playing this well in every part of the ice, in both regular season and playoffs, playing top lines and hardest competition and it's a fluke. Nah, bro.

 

[cg98]

Monahan at the moment, Wild Bill has been awesome but this is his first and only year of high-end production so far. Let's wait a season or two to see if Wild Bill is not a one hit wonder.

 

[dellzor]

Karlsson if he keeps his play up.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Karlsson.

 

[bsu]

If you don't think Karlsson is the real deal right now, you should watch some games.

 

[sr edler]

the Smith–Karlsson–March line is a thing of beauty.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Karlsson is just legit, Monahan isn’t the guy to score a lot and match up against top lines, Karlsson is.

 

[Tkachuky]

Karlsson is just legit, Monahan isn’t the guy to score a lot and match up against top lines, Karlsson is.

Yeah what a shame... 30 Goal scorer Monahan doesn't score.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Yeah what a shame... 30 Goal scorer Monahan doesn't score.

To score a lot while matching up against top lines. I don’t see Monahan excelling with the deployment that Karlsson receives.

 

[crazyfisherman]

this reminds me of wennberg vs monahan last year, its monahan until karlsson proves he can keep it up

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

this reminds me of wennberg vs monahan last year, its monahan until karlsson proves he can keep it up

Lol..... in what world are the two comparisons alike?

 

[crazyfisherman]

Lol..... in what world are the two comparisons alike?

One career and bunch starts saying he's better than monahan?

 

[Castle8130]

One career and bunch starts saying he's better than monahan?

Yea, Wennbergs 59 point season with 13 goals really compares to a defensive center that has scored 43 goals and had 78 points in one season.

Anyway, based on this year, Karlsson is by far the winner in this matchup. Monahan is an average number 1 center or elite number two. His numbers are good, but he really didn't show as much talent as karlsson has shown. Karlsson is probably one of the best centers in the league for this year. I might get a lot of crap for it, but he actually played better than a lot of stars that people say are better than him. Getzlaf is an example of a player that he has played better than this year. It might sound crazy because Getzlafs points/game ratio was a lot better, but I think Karlsson gets his team to win more frequently because of his ability to score and play in his own zone against some of the best players in the league.

 

[Castle8130]

Yea, Wennbergs 59 point season with 13 goals really compares to a defensive center that has scored 43 goals and had 78 points in one season.

Anyway, based on this year, Karlsson is by far the winner in this matchup. Monahan is an average number 1 center or elite number two. His numbers are good, but he really didn't show as much talent as karlsson has shown. Karlsson is probably one of the best centers in the league for this year. I might get a lot of crap for it, but he actually played better than a lot of stars that people say are better than him. Getzlaf is an example of a player that he has played better than this year. It might sound crazy because Getzlafs points/game ratio was a lot better, but I think Karlsson gets his team to win more frequently because of his ability to score and play in his own zone against some of the best players in the league.

 

[Mobiandi]

Monahan was pretty much PPG while pllaying through 2 injuries that needed 4 surgeries. Karlsson is a nice story but it's Monahan and I don't even have to think twice about it

 

[Boud]

Monahan was pretty much PPG while pllaying through 2 injuries that needed 4 surgeries. Karlsson is a nice story but it's Monahan and I don't even have to think twice about it

Flames fan votes for player on his team even though the choice shouldn't be clear one way or the other and doesn't have to think twice.

More at 5

 

[Tkachuky]

Flames fan votes for player on his team even though the choice shouldn't be clear one way or the other and doesn't have to think twice.

More at 5

Monahan has been consistently getting better and is a 30/30 guy. This year he likely would have been pretty close to PPG.

Karlsson is having a very impressive season with the knights. Heck everything about them is just mind blowing and will see how things are next year.

The problem imo is that people underrate monahan because he isn’t a flashy player.

 

[Regal]

Monahan was pretty much PPG while pllaying through 2 injuries that needed 4 surgeries. Karlsson is a nice story but it's Monahan and I don't even have to think twice about it

71 point pace isn't pretty much PPG. His numbers were also going down and likely would have kept going down with more games to his career paces

 

[Mobiandi]

71 point pace isn't pretty much PPG. His numbers were also going down and likely would have kept going down with more games to his career paces

He wasn't injured the whole season. During the stretch ~30-35 game stretch he was injured, he put up fantastic numbers before he was shut down