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Originally Posted by Bonded
I think pretty much everyone wants changes but I have also accepted the fact that the Flames are not going to rebuild while Sutter is here. If they are going to try and contend then making a crappy trade just for the sake of change isn't go to do much.
Ideally it is Eichel or they rebuild but last thing I want to see is a repetition of the Phaneuf trade. Gaudreau's value won't change much between now and the deadline regardless now that he has hit NTC. No GM would have traded Monahan after his 82 point season either.
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If they're making any trades for now, I agree, it's a mistake. Any further spending of assets for this group is the wrong choice. It's over. Hiring Sutter is emblematic of the issue they have with acceptance. The problem clearly doesn't stop at the GM office.
I don't know what's "fair" value for someone like Monahan, but I can hypothesize, based on trajectory, that the value in two years is pretty unlikely to be better.
And I disagree that no GM would have traded him after that season. Fans had the ability to see what happened, a really hot start to the season and then total implosion after the all-star break. They went right back to their typical selves after an aberration. It wasn't hindsight two years later, it was discussion immediately after getting dumped in the playoffs. There's no reason GMs can't see the same thing.