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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Well Tarasenko is 29 not 39.
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A 29-year-old player is already on the downslope of his career. Most players' offensive production starts to fall
before that age.
Monahan, on the other hand, is 27. Medical issues aside, he has a lot more of his prime left.
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His problem is injury. They said he is healthy. I would trust that as much as Monahan’s injury.
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But you are comparing a healthy Tarasenko to an injured Monahan. So you don't trust that Monahan's injury has healed at all. Why do you trust one and not the other?
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Healthy Tarasenko is a much better player than healthy Monahan.
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Healthy Monahan (before 2019-20): 471 GP, 172 G, 191 A, 0.37 gpg, 0.77 ppg.
Healthy Tarasenko (before 2019-20): 497 GP, 211 G, 207 A, 0.42 gpg, 0.84 ppg.
Is that difference worth the position and the extra million of cap hit? Especially when, based on age alone, Tarasenko is less likely to return to his career average than Monahan is.
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Position means #### if you can’t drive plays.
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Are you saying that Tarasenko can drive plays and Monahan can't? This I gotta see.
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Yup no worries about me making decisions for the Flames. I am just here for opinions
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You're here to crap all over the team, its players, its management, and everything connected with them. If they did trade for Tarasenko, you'd do an about-face so fast your shoes would still be pointing backwards. Because then Tarasenko would be a Flame and therefore a bum, and Monahan would be a non-Flame and therefore a hero.