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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
He is fine if all you expect from a 6.5M center is some PP time and a filler on the bottom line. Truth is there is no sign of returning to form.
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Yeah, I don't see him ever returning to top form, I've been saying that for a while now, but what point does it serve to keep crying about it?
Injuries happen and sometimes the negative effects are permanent.
All the team can do is find a role the player can still be useful in while he's still under contract, and all the player can do is try to fill that role as good as he can. That's my expectation.
Given that expectation, Monahan is doing fine, IMO. I even think it's possible he'll return to something closer to top form. I don't see him hitting his record of 34 goals ever again, but if we can get 50+ points out of him, that's not nothing, and that's looking like a very realistic hope.
He's 6th in points out while being 3rd best paid, on pace for 40+ points and the team is doing well, so the overall situation is far from terrible. It's obviously also very far from optimal, but we're not going to get peak Monahan back by whining about it.
Let's just accept what has happened and move on.