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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Monahan is overpaid right now. But if so, so are most centres making his money. My point is that using bargains like Scheifele or Barkov or Mackinnon isn’t that fair. Those guys should be making way more than they do.
You’re right, Monahan, Mangiapane and Dube looked great in the first game. But they only had one other that I can recall. Then Sutter moved Dube (who he’s had a short leash for all season). Since then it’s been Ritchie all the time. The only other change was when he put Gaudreau back for a game and a half.
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I only use those 3 because their deals were comparables with Monahan's at the time. Heck, Barkov and Mackinnon were in the exact same draft as him and their new deals started at the same time. I'm not going to compare him to an Auston Matthews or a Sebastian Aho who saw their deals come after the great inflation of 2017 (McDavid & Draisaitl).
Also, there's a whole lot of Brett Ritchie bashing in your posts, so what would your solution be? Dube marginally worked out, but Darryl obviously didn't think much of it to go back to. No way Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk get split up again, they're carrying this team. I suppose if Treliving did a better job of filling out the right side of the roster, maybe Monahan might have more options. But it is what it is, he's the $6 million dollar man, he needs to find a way to generate his own shot and his own goals once in a while. Can't always rely on a guy to feed it to you in ideal places, otherwise you're in James Neal territory.