Monahan is responsible alone for that 3.89 goals per 60? And the 26 point pace at even strength has more to do with his line mates than anything else.
Wennberg is at 2.4 GA/60. Very high end defensively. He's on pace for 30 ES points. Henrique is 2.7 GA/60 and is on pace for 34 ES points.
I think everyone knows what he is. I don't know who needs a faceoff guy for PP1. That's the team that should acquire him. He's good on the PP, he's good at faceoffs. Trying to sell him as a 2C that is good defensively is where you're getting push back.
Lehkonen is an excellent defensive player. Monahan isn't. I'd give way more for Lehkonen.
Okay so those are fair stats. Their are contributing factors for sure to each stat stated, that can't be quantified though, and I can speak for Monahan that his linemates bring him down. I can't speak on Wennberg or Henrique truthfully.
Lehkonen is better defensively but Monahan isn't as bad as people think or as stats are saying. He is playing with AHLers. The difference in defensive play is compensated by the better offense.
Lehkonen is a winger who didn't have much offense in Montreal, though, whereas Monahan plays the more valuable position (when at C).
His most common linemates in order are Pearson, Gallagher, Suzuki, Anderson and Caufield. He has recently played with AHL level guys in Ylonen and Harvey-Pinard. But they are not in his top 5 most common linemates.
Lehkonen actually outscores Monahan at 5 on 5 too. He's a much better player.
sometimes you have to make concessions to get a player to resign with you for cheap (especially when u consider the position the team was in), it's something that was probably discussed between Hughes and his agent
Better to get a 2nd rounder (or even a 3d) from a team he wants to go to rather than not getting anything because he wouldn't have re-signed if he didn't feel that his wishes were taken into consideration.
Unsure what you're responding to since I blocked them, but while Lehkonen can be a terrific player, and he seems to have taken that next step in Colorado, in Montreal he was an oft-snake-bitten winger, sometimes relegated to the 4th line when he was in a deep funk. And while strong on the PK, he just didn't have the offense to even play on the PP. I mean, we loved his work ethic and overall play, but the numbers just weren't there.
Hughes will trade Monahan when he gets an offer he likes & if he doesn't get that offer he might sign Monahan to an extension instead.
This is a good post and correct. Lehkonen was a pure defensive forward for the Habs. He's found some 5 on 5 offense in Colorado.
If you haven't read up on this, it appears there's an agreement between Monahan and Hughes to move Monahan to a contender, or to a team he likes (ie, I assume this would mean somewhere he'd consider re-signing).
Monahan signed a contract he doesn't decide when a trade happens many reports say Monahan likes playing in Montreal You can believe Dreger if you choose .
