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Originally Posted by SnipeShow
Thank you for this. I've been a fan of Mony through his ups and downs and it baffles me how after a down year a lot of people just want him gone for anything or use him as a throw in. He's still the highest (maybe 2nd highest now behind MacKinnon) scoring player from his draft. He still plays a coveted center position and while his scoring touch was a bit dry this year he improved other facets of his game like playing stronger defensively and bringing more of a physical aspect. I think he still has some development room left and we will still see some strong seasons out of him. Early this season him and Johnny looked like they traded roles with how solid some of Monys playmaking was while Johnny was doing the scoring. It's been 2 down years for the whole team pretty much, not much of a reach to see him also have 2 down years as an extension of this.
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It hasn’t been just one down year though, Monahan hasn’t been good enough since 2018. He struggled in the last half of the 18-19 season and into the playoffs. His 19-20 season was extremely underwhelming and this season has been downright abysmal.
I know a lot of people have talked about his improvement in the defensive zone, but over the last couple seasons, he has the worst combined plus/minus of all skaters. So as much as I appreciate the extra vigor, intensity and jam he’s been playing with, constantly being on the ice for more goals against than goals for does not help the team win.
I’m very much in favor of trading him and have felt this way for a long time now. But I also believe he still has value. I think there’s a team out there that thinks they can fix him like Florida fixed Sam Bennett. So I think he’ll still nab the Flames something and hopefully the Flames can turn the chapter with a new #1 or #2 centerman.