Report: Flames trade Sean Monahan to Canadiens

Terms of the deal are not yet known.

Monahan, 27, is on the final year of a deal paying him an average annual value of $6.75 million and appeared in 65 games last year with the Flames. He scored eight goals and 23 points before being shut down for hip surgery.

He’s struggled through injuries in recent years, and his play and role with the team have gradually diminished. In his prime early in his career, Monahan was a solid top-six center, and between his 19-year-old and 24-year-old seasons, six years' worth of play, he scored 172 goals and 363 points.

It’s believed that Monahan could return to play this year and should be able to provide some solid value as a third-liner.

Montreal, meanwhile, has just under $250,000 in cap space, so the money quickly becomes tight. Despite that, putting Carey Price and his $10.5 million contract on the LTIR could quickly open things up with Kirby Dach still in need of a new contract.