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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yes...again, he just needs better line mates. SMH
He is on the same ppg pace as last year more or less....wanna remind me who his RW was then?
And can that not be said for every single player in the league? I mean...jeezuz at what point is a 7M player responsible for creating on his own and not relying on others? Is that guy not the guy that should be making others better?
As was pointed out in another thread....he is 139th in the NHL scoring at ES. This is not the same player that we saw previous to the AS break 2 seasons ago. Its no longer some small sample size. Maybe its all on Monahan? Who knows but there is no way to find that out.
Maybe he finds his mojo again and it would be great if it was in Calgary, but in no way shape or form am i signing a declining player at age 28 to a 7 or 8 year deal at more money than he makes now, so as to the bolded...lets hope like hell you are right.
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I am definitely not advocating signing him and I have been clear that the core forwards of this team not living up to their ceiling is why this rebuild failed. Johnny is the Flames version of MacKinnon, McDavid, Matthews, Ovechkin, Kane, etc and he is nowhere near their level. When he finished 6th in league scoring as a sophomore or 4th in Hart voting 2 years ago it seemed like he was going to be good enough. It hasn’t happened and the team needs to move on this offseason. I don’t see a situation where he does stay unless he truly is as loyal to the organization as he has portrayed or some fans believe.
Last year he spent games with Buddy Robinson on his wing and for some reason Backlund spent a bunch of time on his wing. Lindholm was moved there late in the season and spent a large portion of last year at center.
Even with Monahan Johnny is still by far the best player on his line. Lots of teams have guys making $7M that are not carrying a line on their own. I think Johnny as the third option on a team will have that team as one of the elite offensive groups in the league. I think he is more than a powerplay specialist but I also do not think he is a franchise player that can carry a team