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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I doubt they are. I have yet to see one credible source say that Monahan is on the block.
The only people that want to trade him are the irrational people that are still angry he played bad for 5 games in April and for some reason expect him to be Sidney Crosby.
I saw Monahan and a 1st for Larkin proposed seriously in here a few pages back and I almost spit out my drink at how absurd that proposal was.
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You can call it irrational if you want, but outside of being a very good goal scorer what does Monahan bring to the table? He isn't good defensively, he is average in the dot, he can't carry the puck, he can't create his own shot, he provides zero physicality.
If you look at the Bruins and the Blues, Bergeron, Krejci, O'Reilly and Schenn all provide the things above.
I just think if we want this team to get to the next level we need to upgrade Monahan.
I also realize that that is easier said than done, there are what like 20-30 centers in the league that are an upgrade on Monahan and teams will be very reluctant to just hand over number 1 centers.