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Originally Posted by dino7c
If the Flames kept Monahan the most likely, almost for sure scenario would be he would miss most of the season and then sign elsewhere as a UFA.
People are forgetting (as usual) that Montreal re-signed the guy when he was headed to UFA before flipping him. Also, stat padding no defence Montreal that year helped them fleece the Jets for a first
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Also add in the Jets were rumored to be in on Lindholm, and missed out on him. They had to overpay for Monahan because there was a nonexistent center market past Monahan at the TDL. Vancouver forced Winnipeg to make that deal.