Danault would definitely not be 1C, Lindholm would.

That is a very underwhelming return for Monahan who was plagued all season by an injury

If this was the 5th overall pick it still wouldn’t be a good trade for a top 6 C that averages 30 goals when healthy…

You also forgot to sign Dube. Lines would probably be:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Colemam-Danault-Mangiapane
Pelletier-Backlund-Dube
Lucic-Ryan-Dzingel

I also wouldn’t bring back Leivo, and definitely not for a raise.

I had Dube signed at two years, $2.2M AAV. Not sure why CF didn't register it

Eh Dan-o and Lindy are pretty similar all told

PD: more selke votes, much better Corsi

EL: better PP scorer, much better shooter

Tho given much tougher deployment...

One can comfortably argue Danault is better

Fun to see Danault up there but would be neat also to see him in between Coleman and ryan for the ultimate 2 way line damn that'd be incredible

No, we do not want Monahan; he's the same sort of offense-focused defense-suspect center we already struggle with except he costs more. We'd rather spend that money and cap space on outbidding you for Danault.