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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I sign or trade for another center. It’s my view that Monahan is not that hard to replace and the lack of attention to detail in his own zone at such a critical position is holding the team back. Gaudreau can be a top line winger on a contender. Monahan can’t be the center on such a club. In my view.
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Monahan is not that hard to replace? OK name some centres with his production or close to it that you think you can get.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The pinch point for Gaudreau exists with many other players too. For some it has passed and we missed our opportunity already.
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Agreed. And they can't have that happen again with Gaudreau. That's my point.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The more I think about it, the more I disagree that Monahan is what stands between a scorched earth rebuild and improving the team. He’s simply not that valuable. You can look at my post history (although why would anyone want to do that) and see that I have always been a Monahan fan and supporter. This isn’t some drum i’ve been beating for years. Just come to the conclusion we need a different style of center for this club. Trade him for picks and sign a veteran 2 way center with far less goal scoring ability and we will end up ahead.
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Without Monahan your centre depth is awful. And absent a clear path to replacing him, that's why it represents a total re-build.
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And I’m not against trading Gaudreau. That’s about using an asset to acquire what the team needs.
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Agreed. If they can use him to acquire a potential #1 centre that's the best scenario. I just don't know if that's totally possible.