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Originally Posted by dammage79
It's crazy talk all in all. There are much more important holes to address on the team than trying to condense assets into upgrading Monahan.
#1. A fracking goalie!
#2. RW upgrades
#3. Upgrade Jamko before Monny.
#4. Secure full time spots for Valimaki, Kylington and Andersson. Or at least 2/3 and hope you can keep one happy being call up depth for another year.
#5. Manage to sign Tkachuk and Bennett and keep some flexibility.
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I like everything you say here.
Yes Johnny and Monny are a bit soft. So find a guy you can play with them on the top line as a gritty top 6 RWer or split them up and maybe try Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk as the top unit.
Our weak link at center is Jankowski as the other 3 IMO are all pulling there weight. You don't trade a player like Monahan because of his weaknesses, you play him with players that offsets those weaknesses - probably a big reason why Ferland was so successful on the top line.
#23 and #13 are both strong top 6 players and we need to add to them, Chucky and Elias, not trade any of them.