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Originally Posted by TOfan
Are the Flames trading a number 1C, or their number 1C? There is a difference.
I don’t have Monahan as a legitimate 1C, he is on this team though. Trading him for a prospect, like Cozens, might be the only way the Flames are likely to get a 1C other than winning a draft lottery one of these years.
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Monahan gets a bad rap sometimes. He's not an elite 1C but he's a 1C
Over the last 5 seasons he ranks 24th among listed centers in points per game. He also ranks 21st among listed centers in 5 on 5 points per 60 minutes.
The guy is a 1C
Over his career so far (including his rookie year AND his most recent 'down year') he's averaged 0.36 goals per game and 0.76 points per game.
That's 30 goals and 62 points per 82 game season. He's also durable as all hell only missing less than 20 games over his entire 7 year career so far.
Matt Duchene at the time of his trade from Colorado to Ottawa was 27 years old, had a little over a year and a half left on his contract ($6 million AAV IIRC) and to that point in his career had produced 0.31 goals per game and 0.73 points per game.
Monahan is younger, signed longer and has produced more than Duchene when he was dealt. Plus Duchene had publicly asked for a trade on top of everything else.
If the Flames trade Monahan without getting a massive haul back comparable to the Duchene trade if it's futures, the trade should be nixed by ownership and Treliving fired immediately.