God, it’s kind of adorable how fond you Hab fans have gotten for your deadline fodder reclamation project.
31 points in 47 games is actually a 54-point pace, so claiming he’s scoring at a ~60 point pace is some pretty optimistic rounding-up.
And yes, while he CAN play in every situation, like any player can, he’s not actually good in every situation, which is a fairly important distinction when a player is as dogshit defensively as Monahan is.
And 5 of his 11 goals and 13 of his 31 points have come on the power-play, where he’s been getting loads of ice-time on the Habs’s first power-play unit. If he gets traded to a team that’s actually good, that ice-time will all but vanish.
Again, he is the classic case of an OK depth player with a modicum of offensive ability getting outsized ice-time an power-play opportunities on a bad team. He is NOT actually a good top-6 forward.
All that said, it’s still likely you’ll get a decent return for him at the deadline. 2nd + a prospect or even a late first rounder is not out of the realm of possibility. NHL GM’s are dumb by and large and get desperate at the deadline.
