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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Monahan is on pace for 8 goals and 39 points at an AAV of $6.375 million for one more year.
In 2019 a player with an AAV of $6.25 million for one more year who just came off a 16 goal, 37 point season was traded, and it cost the trading team a 1st round pick to lose his salary.
The 40 point pace argument is pretty thin IMO. We would be furious if Treliving used cap space in acquiring an offense first player with less than 10 goals and didn't get something significant along with it.
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Are we comparing a 40 year old Marleau to a 27 year old Monahan, with Monahan a quarter of a season into a hip surgery recovery?
Someone in this topic posted a six month recovery time for that kind of surgery for athletes. That's right about now in time frame.
I would imagine teams would have a little more faith on a bounce back from the 27 year old, but clearly I don't know.
But as per usual I find myself in an argument to defend a player that I'm not actually defending.
My points have literally been the following, and nothing more.
- It's still relatively early
- He's still on a 40 point pace
- He may still be recovering (he may not)
- Teams may see his age, history, and last year of his contract as more of a worthy gamble than others assume
I'm not blind to how he's playing.