Only gullible people thought Girgensons was a top 6 forward. The narrative then was find a 1C. I dont know a single person that thought Girgensons was a top 6 forward

Oh really, where? I easily rebuffed everything you said. He leads his draft class in goals. Ok? Not for long but what does that even have to do with anything I said. Thats the only thing Calgary fans cling to and its absolutely meaningless. Hes not better than Eichel, hes going to have a reduced role, he wont be on a line with Gaudreau, he wont be on the PP with Gaudreau and Giordano, his production is going to tank and theirs not reason Buffalo should pay a franchise 1C premium for a 50-60 point 2C in Buffalo

WTF, I'm clearly not even talking to you

You quoted a quote directed at me and said

Exactly so im not going to argue with you. You have your opinion and I have mine. I thrn went on explaining to the person I quoted that said "Monahan is a guy who likes to pass" that that is a fairly inaccurate description on what Monahan does. Monahan is known for his goal scoring not his playmaking. So a like of Skinner - Monahan - Boeser probably doesnt have a lot of synergy. That was the entire purpose of my post so stop trying to pick a fight for no reason. Its not even your ACGM so literally went out of your way to argue with me about nothing.

You are correct the Cozens will not come close to an 80 pt campaign because he will be playing second line wingers, second line minutes and second PP.
But how many years did Monahan reach 80?
You are also correct that that would be our best top 6 in ages.
I never remember Girgensons being hyped.
Cozens "IS" the sure thing, he will be a consistent 50pt/yr second line center
OH YES, let me mention when O'Reilly, Lehner and Kane were on the team in the Sabres missed the playoffs by only 35 2017-'18, by 18 in 2016-'17 and 13 in 2015-'16. But somehow, the "NEXT" would be different, as you can see, the spread got worse every year O'Reilly was on the team!


OMG, how many times have I said that in the past and been lambasted for that.
I agree let's not do it again.
It took 5 major fails for the team to miss the preliminaries (PP and PK, Hutton, Skinner, combination of Rodrigues, Sheary and Vesey all having career worse years) much less be on the heals of the Leafs.


Last year Gaudreau was on his line over 85% of the time.
I agree with you, if Sam and Dominik were his line mates he would be hard pressed to break 50 pts.
Dylan is the real deal, he had more pts and goals in 51 games this year than in 68 last year.
He may be ready next year, if not I can wait another year for Dylan.

Finally, I know I am a minority, but Tage, Casey, Dominik and Dylan could all make contributions next year. Time will tell if I am correct and I will gladly go on this site and admit it this time next year if I am wrong.

Personally, I’d definitely put Monahan on the first unit PP with this group. He’s excellent in the mid- slot bumper position. Eichel quarterbacks from his offside with an umbrella and Monahan cleans up in the slot...it’s probably the best structure for the proposed team:

Reinhart - Monahan - Olofsson/Skinner
Eichel - Dahlin

There are very few sure things in the NHL draft, Cozens is most definitely not one.

No. Flat out wrong. One of those players has had a career high of 82 points, the other 44, while playing with Kucherov.

Did he play regularly with Kucherov? Moreover, this is already the second solid season in Tampa. Monahan is worse than Cirelli on the defensive, he regularly plays with Gaudreau, who is the best player and leads line. Of course, he would be useful to us anyway, but not at a great price, and Calgary would not give it cheaply.

Hockey is never played with a man advantage, so you dont need players who score on the PP. Special teams dont matter.

End sarcasm

There are a lot of articles about him, take a look, he was hyped the **** up before Eichel.

https://wcmf.radio.com/articles/all-star-untouchable-fourth-line-role-player-girgensons