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Originally Posted by Goodlad
I'm really not even sure what is the best option at this point. It's a toss-up between preserving a year of his ELC and trying to sell the fans on the future of the club. Looking at how the club up North has now burned through 2 of their 1st overall picks' ELC's with not even a playoff berth to show for it I feel like we'll be better served in the long run sending him back to juniors.
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Originally Posted by nightfx
I would hope they don't send him back to a league he's clearly too good for just because they want to save one year on his ELC
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Yeah. What's so bad exactly about losing a year of ELC?
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This was a big concern of the San Francisco Giants and their fans in 2010 with Buster Posey. Many people wanted him to stay at AAA just to keep control of his arbitration rights longer. They ended up promoting him to the majors and let him play. He won rookie of the year while only playing in 2/3 of the games and they won the World Series. This off season they gave him the biggest contract for a catcher and/or Giant.
My long winded point, is if Monahan is ready, then bring him up. You can't let a minor contract detail keep him down if he is better suited at the NHL level. It's a good problem to have that we would want to use, not burn, a year of his ELC this year. If you keep putting things off for the future, you end up being the Cleveland Browns, who have been rebuilding for 20 years. If Sean's good enough, the money and contract issues will take care of themselves. It's not like we have a ton of prospects who are going to be garnering that kind of money. If Monahan's earned it, let him have it.