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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Gotta start thinking like a contender here and put Monahan on IR in a few weeks and trade for Giroux at the deadline. Monahan returns for the first game of the playoffs.
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I get that this is a bit of a tongue in cheek comment.
But which contenders have added a top line player using this method for a playoff run?
Tampa used it to keep all their existing players, plus add Savard last year sure.
The Blackhawks used it to help add Antoine Vermette. But you don't see these bigger name types added with this.
If anything I think Treliving and the Flames are seeing things come back in Monahan's game to the point where they decided they better find someone better than Brett Ritchie to try on that line. Hence why the move is made now. If this can get guys like Monahan and Dube back to life, their Deadline shopping list might be a bit different than if one or both of them keep struggling.