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Originally Posted by jlh2640
Interesting thoughts. I’m not sold that Monahan was ever elite or top ten. But he was good. Something has happened to him. Mentally for sure. Physically maybe but he is who he is. He’s not an elite Center man. I would trade him ASAP and get anything you can for him. Because I’m not sure he has any real value anymore.
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Yeah I think this is fair counter argument. Maybe I was overestimating Monahan’s potential/trajectory back at the start of the 2018 season. His numbers really were excellent to that point though and he was centering one of the best (if not THE best) line in hockey through that season. There really shouldn’t be any reason why he would drop to being a less dangerous center than a player like Schiefle or ROR. But maybe he never really was that good, and certainly people back then also argued against him being a top 10 center.
Either way, whether he’s damaged physically or just not that great, I don’t see it being possible for the Flames to be that great if this version of Monahan is your top center.
On the contrary someone mentioned Bennett. He is obviously a huge bust, and never flashed anything like Monahan did (even as a rookie for Monahan).