I don't recall many wanting him gone for the sake of it, the fairly obvious argument was that he was eating about 8% of the cap and wasn't that effective anymore. IIRC there were a few staunch Monahan defenders who wanted to argue that he was still worth his contract but giving up a first to get rid of him obviously disproves that argument.
I'm very happy for him that he is healthy and finding success again. Hard to really see where he would have fit in on the Flames, other than we'd have an extra first round pick which would be nice.
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