Quoting: LIRIK
I didn't make this ACGM, but looking at their lineup, I thought Winnipeg biggest need is a 2C.
I get that you love to hate on MTL players, but realistically, after Lindholm (he's not getting traded to the Jets), the best C available at TDL is Monahan.
So hate all you want, but i'm sure Chevaldayoff would love to add Monahan at TDL.
And since he'll cost about 500K for the remaining of the season, i'm sure Jets owners would love it too.
You can hope and wish that happens, but as you said Winnipeg needs a 2C and Monahan isn't that. He's a massive downgrade on Winnipeg's current 2C Namestnikov and Chevy obviously knows that.
That pushes Monahan to the bottom 6. He's awful defensively as well as a slow bad skater, so he has no chance of replacing Lowry. That puts Monahan on the 4th line and with only 8 ES points playing first line minutes, he's only a lateral move for someone on the 4th line.
So, why should Winnipeg risk the chemistry of a team that is playing well to overpay for a bad player that adds nothing?
I don't hate on Montreal players, just all of their plentiful bad ones that they try to push on other teams for exorbitant prices, like they are trying to do here.