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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
But in the case of a guy like Monahan where there is a diagnosed medical problem, do you sell him at his low point, or do you take the chance that he rebounds.
To be more pointed - would you trade him if the return was a 2nd round pick
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Suppose they were offered a second round pick for Monahan. If you were able to parlay that second rounder into Pavel Buchnevich, that makes such a deal more palatable.
Now we don’t know if Sammy Blais (who was part of the Buchnevich deal) was a throw in or if the Rangers really wanted him. If the latter, probably a hard deal for Treliving to consummate as I don’t know if we have a blais comparable in our system. Is Monahan a better fit in Sutter’s system than Buchnevich? Probably. But would this deal have shaken up the core? Without a doubt. And that’s what most of us were looking for.