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Originally Posted by Bingo
No the negativity is around the idea that he will have to be bought out.
That's pretty premature for a quarter into the season. You don't have to believe his hip is an issue, that's up to you. But given the fact we know he had surgery, not sure it's that much of a leap to think it could be a factor.
But other than that I'm not defending the player at all, just suggesting someone will take a chance on a .5 ppg player with on year left on his deal and the Flames able to eat part of it.
Not a lot controversial there.
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I honestly hope you're right, but my feel on the situation is that he's closer to buy out territory than he is trade bait. I get it, it's still early. But like I asked in the offseason, where is Monahan going to get his goals? How does he just magically figure it out? He's barely getting shots. His +/- is no good relative to the rest of the team. His ice time appears to be more and more volatile as the season progresses.
Also, the way I see it, any team interested in a Monahan will be in win now mode and teams in win now mode don't generally have $6M+ million free in a flat cap world for a reclamation project IMO.