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Originally Posted by Blaster86
I mean, it's been more than "one" injury plagued season. But I've been on the "Trade Monahan asap because he's magic beans" train for years. He's a winger playing center who can score when he has an elite passer playing with him. Problem is most elite passers are they themselves at center. When the talk was "Gaudreau or Monahan" a few years ago, I was adamant the answer was Gaudreau and you do Monahan now before everyone realizes. They waited, and now everyone realizes.
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He just turned 27 last week, and has scored the second most goals of anyone in his draft year after MacKinnon. So he peaked at 24?
You're right that he needs someone to feed him the puck. But when he has that, he's averaged 28 goals per year, if we treat last year as an aberration/injury year.
No-one's making the case that he's McDavid. He lacks fire, for sure. But he's a smart player with good hands, and with a winger that can distribute, he'll score. The Flames have two.
The idea that he's useless all of a sudden is kind of silly, two games into the season -- unless his injuries are more serious than we know. If he's healthy and is paired with a winger that rounds out his game, he shouldn't even have peaked yet.