[Sylvanfan]

The Flames did seem to get trapped on Monahan producing as much on his rookie contract as he did. Of all the centers who re-signed last year in Schiefele, MacKinnon, Barkov, and him...I suspect most on this site would have had him 3 or 4. But he ended up getting the premium contract because at that point in time he'd been the best scorer of the bunch.

I hope it's a case of a young guy feeling pressure with a new contract, plus injury. But this could be 3 out of 4 seasons where any numbers he put up pretty much came when the team was pretty much out of the playoff race.

I think he can be a really good scorer, but I also think the Flames will be holding the worst contract out of the 4 RFA centers from this summer. Not saying it's a bad contract, but in a tight cap environment every dollar counts, and this one may not pass the test.