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Arizona is looking to cut money to their payroll. Not add overpaid players that don't perform to it while paying almost the same amount.

Yotes decline.

Player requiring hip surgery = Player that doesn't perform. Got it.

Last two seasons Monahan under performing has netted him 76 points in 120 games to Dvorak's 69 in 126 games. From 2019 - 2021 Dvorak's contract was at its cheapest in terms of real dollars spent at 3.25 and 3.45 respectively, owing him 19.7 million dollars of a 26.4 million dollar contract over the next 4 years as opposed to paying Monahan 7 million less for 2 and moving on with a D prospect and a draft pick makes economical sense for the Coyotes

Monahan is the best piece in this deal, Dvorak would be the better fit in Calgary. Calgary gets cost certainty and Arizona gets in the top 50 of a draft with wild cards all over it. Lybushkin locks up the right side in Calgary.

I think we'd probably rather just hold on to Bemstrom.

Yeah fair enough, I personally think it's the kind of deal the Flames should look for but I can get that with some of the changes coming in Columbus it could be best to stick with the guys you know and see how it works out.

Monahan doesn't perform when it's needed most - playoffs. He's not that valuable. As I said, Arizona will be looking to cut money because they're generally not a high profit team (if any profit at all), and they won't wanna go from paying Dvorak $5.075M and $3.450M in the next 2 seasons, to paying Monahan $6.125M and $6M. They just re-signed Lybushkin and with his salary and Dvorak's combined, they can pay 2 players $6.425M instead of paying 1 player $6.125M and then having to find someone to replace Lybushkin.

You can't fairly compare production numbers of Dvorak and Monahan solely based on points alone. You leave out many factors like the player each player played with (Monahan frequently played with Gaudreau and sometimes Lindholm) along with coaching systems, where Arizona has always been a defensive minded team and Calgary was a highly offensive team until Sutter took over.

All this adding up, Arizona still declines.