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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Monahan was broken at that time. Very unfortunate, but true. I wonder if there was a way to LTIR him to the end of his contract, that might have been a better course.
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There wasn't, he said he was "healthier than he had been in years" that summer and played the start of the season
Carey Price went on LTIR and gave the Habs 10M in cap space when most teams had none or worse...Montreal also extended Monahan a year, they didn't trade him a year later or under the contract he signed with the Flames.
Obviously nobody in the NHL wanted to take Monahan for less. Kadri is worth more than a 1st right now so although not ideal the Flames are really still ahead on those series of trasactions.