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Originally Posted by nik-
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.
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So if I search back to the summer of 2019 I'll find you suggesting they should trade Monahan?
If so then I agree ... full credit. And a huge turning point ... calling the Flames core or major core of Gaudreau and Monahan topping out at that 2018-19 season would have been a brilliant piece of asset management.
I guess their wonky playoff in '19 might have affected their market value too though.