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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
The Hurricanes are paying Kotkaniemi $6.1M for a worse season than Monahan’s last year.
And this year, Monahan is still more than twice the player.
I know age etc but for a centre on a one-year deal, $6.35M with good powerplay production and average possession stats at even strength, it’s not unmanageable.
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It's unmanageable for the Flames because he's playing on the 4th line more often than not and giving the team nothing at 5-5 that a replacement level player wouldn't do for a fraction of the cost.
How much more potent would the Flame PP look with a $4-5M winger thrown into the mix in place of Monahan? Ruzicka and Pelletier are even looking like they could offer a heck of a lot more to the 4th line at this point.