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Originally Posted by The Cobra
If the first round pick had panned out, you might view that trade differently.
Iggy ceased being a very good player at that time. Trading him was a good idea.
Trading Monny now only makes sense if Calgary knows he will never be an effective player anymore. That would imply chronic medical issues that aren’t going away. Since presumably any team trading for him would have the same medical reports, hard to imagine any team trading for him.
Calgary needs to keep Monny and see if he establishes some health, production and value. Only then can they decide if trading him will help the team. Or not.
But the current dream of trading Monny valued as a 60-65 point centre (because he is broken down due to physical imitations) is just that, a dream.
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Apologies if my post was confusing.
First off, I am not advocating for trading Monahan in the slightest. That wont go well for the Flames at all.
Moreover, yes Iginla needed to be traded, 100%. The pick didn't turn out so thats a moot point. That was an debacle of a trade by Jay feaster no matter how you slice it, no matter the corner we were painted into by his NMC.
Second,
What I was saying was, Monahan right now wouldn't return more than Iginla got us all that time ago...A couple of B-minus level prospects and a single first rounder is about what we would get...
A player that could fill Monahans roll (as a 1A/B centre, as disheartening as that is) isn't coming back unless he's a piece in a package in a "hockey trade". Thats a hard trade to broker form either side because of the perceived value that both sides are prioritizing.