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Originally Posted by nik-
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.
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I just can't get there unless you are letting the following seasons cloud your judgement. Treliving would have to downgrade on his #1C after a great regular season. Don't think any GM does it. Best season in recent team history and Monahan looked like a legitimate #1C for most of it. Post All-Star break and playoffs were concerning though.
Treliving wasn't going to get a better center in a trade for Monahan and the Flames would have been left Backlund and Bennett as the Flames top-6 centers if Monahan went. Lindholm had played wing pretty much his entire NHL career up to that point and was an unknown quantity there.