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Originally Posted by Bingo
Two months into a season after an off season surgery, and a guy on a 40 point pace is getting bought out by some, and this isn't negative?
Finding other negative people isn't proof of realism!
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It’s not negatively, it’s forecasting and the looking at reality of the situation. 99% of the defenses from the Monahan camp revolves around his surgery, but that’s specious reasoning at best. I didn’t hear any excuses being made during the 18-19 season when he set career highs in points and goals following his wrist surgery in 2018. Does anyone actually know whether or not his hip surgery is the reason he’s struggling, or is it because he no longer plays with Johnny Gaudreau? I know which one makes more sense to me.
The Monahan talk reminds me of the James Neal situation all over again. Lots of excuses being made because the team is playing well, but in the end, how did that situation turn out? Not good. Truthfully, this team needs him to produce, because there’s a serious cap crunch that will occur this offseason and not being able to trade Monahan’s cap hit would be disastrous. In all likelihood, it would cost the team a Dube and/or a Valimaki, possibly even a Hanifin. The potential cap implications are no joke.