Monahan hasn't been great the last two seasons now and that will hurt his value.
Overall since he entered the league he's 19th among NHL centers in scoring, and is still only 26 years old, so that will hold value.
But teams will look at the trend, and now his recent injury history, and that will create cause for concern.
Looking at his career season by season, and he was pretty consistent his first 6 seasons, with the peak coming in the 18-19 season.
13/14: Goals-22 (32nd) ; Points-34 (76th)
14/15: Goals - 31 (5th) ; Points - 62 (23rd)
15/16: Goals - 27 (18th); Points - 63 (13th)
16/17: Goals - 27 (15th); Points - 58 (25th)
17/18: Goals - 31 (16th); Points - 64 (27th)
18/19: Goals - 34 (15th); Points - 82 (12th)
Issue is the last two seasons have seen the steep decline:
19/20: Goals-22 (28th); Points - 48 (34th)
20/21: Goals -10 (72nd); Points - 28 (62nd)
So you're going to have to convince NHL GMs that the guy he was from 13/14 to 18/19 is the guy that they are still trading for. Easier said than done.
And it's easily forgotten now but he was a good OFFENSIVE center in those years.
From 13-14 to 18-19 he had:
Goals: 172 (7th among NHL centers)
Points: 363 (18th among NHL centers)
So if you're going to sell low you have to believe that he truly is done as a top 20 or so center in the NHL.
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