Yeah, it makes no sense to move Monahan just for cap dump reasons. If you are going to move him at this deadline, do it to vastly improve your team.
I find it hard to evaluate Monahan's play. On the whole I find he is playing a much more assertive game. Is 60 to 80 games enough to declare him an improved 200ft Sutter player? I dunno. My eye test tells me that he is a much more well rounded player. What that means in the grand scheme, I don't know that either.
It begs the question, this is a really deep team, but not impressively deep at centre. What if Lindholm gets injured? Who slides in there? Monahan would be the easy choice just based on familiarity and experience. But is he ready to play the type of game Sutter demands on a top line again?
On paper im fascinated by the idea of simultaneously moving Monahan and improving the team. In practice, it makes me very uneasy.
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