Edited Jan. 12 at 10:04 a.m.
Quoting: Anus_McLeod
Well, it turns out the Avs actually couldn't use Tatar. Hence why he's in Seattle now.
In terms of Drouin, it's a lot different to add a guy in the offseason at close to league min than to acquire him at a TDL and pay him 3M or so. One is essentially no risk, while the other has some serious opportunity cost.
That aside, I think this is a fair ask on Monahan. But on the topic of redundancy, I feel like having him and Johansen is that. If the team can move RyJo, then maybe this is palatable. If not, then I don't think there is really a place for Monahan on the team.
Moving Tatar to make room for Monahan? And my point is that the Avs seem to look at former Habs more than any other team. Which includes Tatar. And can you really blame them? Patrick Roy caused a lot of people over there to have “multiple Stanley cup rings in their ears blocking out the noise of the haters…” to reference his comment to Roenick.
Re: Monahan specifically, centers have far more overall value and scarcity value than wingers regardless. And Monahan can easily play the wing, and multiple other roles, Including different positions on the PP, and he’s one of the best face off guys in the league. So he can even have a decent role on the PK if you needed him to. Teams need depth at center for long cup runs. Not sure where you’re getting $3m from though, Monahan’s at $1.985mm and could also be traded at half salary as well to up the return, then he costs less than $1mm on an annualized figure, and a fraction of that with 1/4 of the season remaining at the TDL.
If you mean Drouin last year at the deadline, I agree. But I don’t think anyone was advocating for the Avs trading for Drouin at the deadline, exactly because of his salary. The fact that Monahan fits the cap so well, is exactly why he’s an ideal fit to add to the team’s overall depth.
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