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Originally Posted by Brick
No sense keeping players that are no shows in the playoffs.
This isn't the first time and it probably won't be the last.
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Except it is the first time for Monahan (though not the first playoff no show for Johnny who did make your list.)
Monahan has previously been our best player in a playoff series. His first playoffs (2nd season, he was only 20) he put up 6 points through 11 games. 2nd playoffs he put up 5 points, 4 goals, in 4 games.
He was not good this time around, I dont think that deserves the lynching hes getting. I think many people were just waiting for one thing to go wrong with him to bring out the "not a first line centre" bull#### they kept trying to drive home all last year. He shut many of them up with his regular season play but here they come out of the woodwork again!
Monahan needs to get faster and meaner, no doubt. The flames are a much worse team without him though. It would be so incredibly stupid to ditch him now.
Brodie is a player who consistently underperforms in high pressure situations, and has his entire career. Unfortunately gaudreau is also trending that way. Keep Johnny but trade brodie for whatever you can get. Biggest get (been saying it since last summer) is one more offensive centre. Backlund is a great player, but should be centering a shutdown third line so we can have tkachuk+new offensive center as a legitamate 2nd driving offense line. That will take immense pressure off of Monahan-gaudreau. Bennett was supposed to be exactly that but his failure to develop has been the single most detrimental thing that has happened to this club. He played well in the playoffs, but we need him to be a consistent threat. Terrible value for a 5th overall pick. There are quite a few players in that round that would have us further ahead.