Quoting: Black61
Thats a pretty ignorant view of what happened.
Calgary paid a 1st because at the time they didnt know where Sean would be at come the start of the season and they wanted a garuntee in Kadri.
That was 3 months ago and since then Sean has proven himself to be healthy and is playing competent 2C hockey. That was the risk the habs took and it has paid off.
2Cs at the deadline(especially ones who used to be 1Cs and can fill in that spot in a pinch) go for 1st round picks thats a pretty well established value. Thats what Sean currently is.
Quoting: Black61
Several things.
Sean is a bonafide centre in the NHL Kerfoot isnt.
Kerfoot is 5'10 Monahan is 6'2
Kerfoots 51 points was a career high and not reflective of the previous 2 seasons when he was a sub .5 ppg player. Monahan is YOUNGER than Kerfoot and has more career points than Kerfoot has games.
Now that Monahan is healthy they arent the same calibre of players.
Quoting: Black61
Thats a pretty ignorant view of what happened.
Calgary paid a 1st because at the time they didnt know where Sean would be at come the start of the season and they wanted a garuntee in Kadri.
That was 3 months ago and since then Sean has proven himself to be healthy and is playing competent 2C hockey. That was the risk the habs took and it has paid off.
2Cs at the deadline(especially ones who used to be 1Cs and can fill in that spot in a pinch) go for 1st round picks thats a pretty well established value. Thats what Sean currently is.
sorry but he's on pace for 45 points, that's not 2C hockey and contenders won't pay for it as such. For a contender, that's a 3rd line center, maybe top 6 winger, who can maybe fill in as 2C in a pinch. Since 2019, both him and Kerfoot are hovering around .5ppg, while Kerfoot is better defensively and utilized on the PK, and hasn't been a significant injury risk. But anyways I'm not arguing Kerfoot is worth more, I used him as a reference point because, unless Monahan proves otherwise from now to the TDL, Monahan has been no better over the past few years than Kerfoot. I think both of them have value and neither of them are cap dumps, but they aren't miles apart and if Monahan's play stays status quo I'd bet the house he doesn't net a 1st. At best a 2nd purely on reputation's sake, not actual play, but I would again doubt that.
You also can't use the words "has proved himself" 18 games into the season. Especially when you're referring to injury.
Lol also the Monahan having more points than Kerfoot has games played - Sean isn't what he was. It's a tale of two careers for him because of injury, you have to look more recently than that given the very significant factors of late.