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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
He’s been on the market for over a year now. Considering how rarely #1/2 Cs become available, if the rest of the league thought as highly of him as you do, another GM would have made a decent offer to Treliving by now.
Monahan is good at sniping and average to poor at all the other things expected of an NHL centre. There was in interview with a director of player of personal for another team a year or so ago where he said Monahan is an extremely difficult player to evaluate because he doesn’t do most of the things NHL centres are expected to do - gaining entry, distributing the puck, back-checking, supporting the D down low.
Pre-swoon Monahan had less value than fans around here think because he was one-dimensional. Now that he isn’t even potting goals, he’s worth even less. He’s basically Mike Hoffman with health question marks.
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Well, you failed to mention that he's above average on draws, and he's been on what was one of hockey's most productive lines when healthy, so I don't think he's that bad at distributing the puck.
Comparing him with Hoffman is laughable. Even injured, he was a better player than Hoffman. And I am far less worried about random unrelated injuries than I would be about a recurring injury. Hoffman had a career high 70 points, had only 36 points last season (playing healthy), and will turn 33 this season. And he's not a centre.