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Originally Posted by Jay Random
You could no doubt have traded the severely injured, under-the-knife Monahan last summer to Arizona by throwing in some 1st-round picks to get them to take his cap hit. Are you seriously suggesting that his value has gone down from that?
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We don't know what his trade value was last summer. But at the very least, his drop in production could've been blamed on injuries. But this season, what can be said? How is him playing on the 4th line going to help him increase his trade value. He's currently sitting at 0 even strength points. Worst on the team, even Trevor Lewis has 1.
If Sutter didn't throw Monahan a bone by playing him on powerplay unit 1, he might be at 0 points this season. If I'm a competent GM, there's absolutely zero chance that I would trade for an injury prone $6M center who's producing at well below replacement level. Even if as a PP specialist, that's far too expensive.
I also don't see how Monahan just wakes up and eventually figures it out. It never happened for James Neal. What's more likely is that he'll continue to rotate between linemates and play dump & chase which is not his game.
If we look at the Flames cap situation next season. There's a major cap crunch looming and salary has to be shed.