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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Monahan is not a fiasco at all. It gets framed that way and I don't understand it at all.
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It is actually quite easy to understand. The Flames traded away a player who was beloved by the franchise and one of the faces of the team post Iginla and sent a 1st rounder that had some questionable protection on it in order to do so. The move was made to sign a player to help push this team forward to the cup but you see the team has missed the playoffs in each year since the deal despite the cap space being used on a highly effective and impactful player. The team ended up giving the 16th overall pick as part of that deal which was the better of the 2 picks that could have been in the trade. Not only that Monahan bounced back to be a heck of a player hence why some may refer to it as a fiasco.