Sean Monahans Insane Resurgence after Being Given Away as A Capdump

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Seriously wished the Sens took him on over DeBrincat.

 

[Andy]

I remember having to fight with people on the trade forum last year that Monahan was great and absolutely worth a first.

He thinks the game well. Love the way he plays

Meh, Monahan in his last few seasons as a Flame was a horribly selfish player who refused to sit out so he could heal properly. Instead, he repeatedly played through fairly severe injuries despite being a liability making the team worse and hurt his value as an asset.

Of course, didn't help that the Flames were run by absolute idiots in Treliving and Dutter who seemed to encourage this kind of behavior.

Glad he's healthy and player well again, but this resurgence was never going to happen in Calgary given their gross inability to see the bigger picture.

Couldn’t the coach just bench him if he was a liability?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Hindsight is 20/20. At the time, he looked awful and couldn’t stay healthy. It made sense at the time. Nobody could have predicted a total career resurgence like this and nobody expected it. Very happy for Sean but let’s not act like everyone thought it had to be done then.

To package away a first though? That’s rough.

 

[izzy]

On top of his inability to stay healthy, you also have to take into consideration the events leading up to his trade: Gaudreau had just left for free agency and Tkachuk made it clear he wasn't re-signing with us. With them gone, did it make sense to keep him (on top of his questionable health)? Broke my heart when he was traded. When he signed with Columbus in the off season, I was really hoping he and Johnny would tear things up together again, but it was not meant to be.

It just broke my brain that he left the same year they did. It felt to me like Monahan was out of Calgary like 2 years before Gaudreau and Tkachuk for some reason

 

[Leafshater67]

To package away a first though? That’s rough.

At the time, it’s the only way they were going to get rid of an awful contract. Career resurgence’s like his after injuries like that are very rare. That being said, I’m really glad to see it and glad he proved everyone wrong.

Any other GM would have done the same with the knowledge they had at the time. I’m not a Treliving fan but it’s not fair to pick on him for that.