Ill conceed my arguement anout Monahan being better despite him being more productive.

However being under 23 does not necessarily mean prospect. Mattyews was on the u23 list last year and he was in his 5th NHL season. The Athletic put out a top prospects list a couple weeks ago and Pelletier was ranked 46th

wait, they did post it? do you have a link, I was looking for that one.

Dramatically better defensively, and equal to, if not slightly better offensively, and that's with cropping the data for Monahan's benefit.

The Athletic just ranked Peletier 174th of under 23 players, top 50 is a bit generous, though I do think he is higher than 174.

I'm not arguing about it not making sense for Calgary (unless extension is agreed to), its your comment that "Monahan is literally a better player than Hertl."