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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I’m (a) looking at centres, (b) looking at what they make and (c) looking at their production. What does Paul Stastny make? Schenn? RNH? Johanssen? DuChene? Larkin? Henrique? They have produced about the same as Monahan, make about the same, and he’s having a terrible year.
And I don’t think you look at one year out of a 6 year contract to determine value.
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Comparing other NHL centers to Monahan doesn’t help the Flames out though. The GM’s mismanagement of the cap has put the Flames in a position where they have to find good value in a lot of their big ticket players and so Monahan has to provide enough value relative to everyone else on the Flames roster or he has to go for the Flames to take the next step.
I’ve already outlined several times why I believe his contract won’t help the Flames going forward because if he’s just going to play with more Brett Ritchies of the world, how is paying Monahan $6.3M to bleed goals against and be ineffective offensively going to help this team win?
Darryl has already talked about this team not having enough elite talent to compete against the good teams of the league. So if Treliving attempts to acquire that elite talent, which is expensive, than big contracts will assuredly have to go the other way and Monahan’s contract is likely going to be at the top of the list.