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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Don't Oiler up the trading of Sean Monahan. Everything the organization says, until they actually trade him, should reinforce that Monahan is a core player and we expect him to be a Flame for life.
He puts up great numbers. While there is a Gaudreau effect, he's also the second best offensive player on this team.
But they aren't a young team anymore. This was their third post-season, and they had all the ingredients. The top line did not have another gear, and it's fair to ask at this point if it's because Monahan doesn't have another gear.
I think it will come out that Sean was hurt at some point after Christmas. He was not the same player in the second half of the season.
His unwillingness to engage physically is really difficult to ignore/excuse after a series like this.
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I still consider the team young. Obviously some older guys, but that was Hanifins, Anderssons, Jankowskis, Lindholms, Mangiapanes, Hathaway’s, Ryan’s, Valimakis first playoffs, and you got other guys like Tkachuk etc where you can hardly consider 2017 any playoff experience.
I understand Monahan wasn’t good enough in the playoffs, at all. I really don’t think we can write him off yet though, I still believe he can be a clutch guy in the future