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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
I really don’t understand the Monahan hate here, the guy has done everything that’s been asked of him and more and has battled through injuries his entire career. It’s not his fault he’s been played in a role that’s more than what he is and he’s still been able to produce some pretty productive and consistent seasons in that time frame. It takes two hands to clap so the ‘he played with Johnny so that’s why’ argument gets old especially considering the fact that he’s a center who had put up 5 straight seasons of 50-52 % in the circle.
He’s certainly worth more than a couple 2nd rounders at this point the guy isn’t an Arvidsson or Bennett, he’s a top 6 Center who plays through injuries and with a teams top wingers at a great cap hit. Can we give the guy just a little more respect?
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Since the summer of 2016 when Gio, Gaudreau and Monahan got declared the CORE of the franchise by their contracts
The Flames are tied for 22/23 in playoff wins with 6* * 3 wins in the play in to the final 16 Only 3 playoff wins with this core
The Flames are tied for 21/22 in playoff games played with 19* * 4 games in the play in to the final 16 Only 15 playoff games over 5 years with this CORE 3-12 in the playoffs.
The Flames are 15th overall in Regular season win %.
This is a team that spent within a few bucks of the cap every year.. This is not a team that had a rebuild over the the 5 years of these contracts. Why in the world would anyone think that paying them more for their post-prime years will make them and the team better?