Report: Flames shut Monahan down for rest of season

Sean Monahan appears to be done playing for the 2017-18 campaign.

The Calgary Flames forward won't be in action again until next season, a team source confirmed to Postmedia's Wes Gilbertson on Friday.

Earlier in the day, Flames head coach Glen Gulutzan confirmed Monahan has been playing through two significant injuries.

Gilbertson reports the Calgary bench boss was waiting for his first-line center's medical reports at the time, but a source later confirmed Monahan will be shut down for the final seven games and will have surgery to address one of the ailments.

The Flames entered Friday's action sitting eight points behind the Anaheim Ducks - who occupy the second Western Conference wild-card spot - and trailing both the St. Louis Blues and the Dallas Stars in pursuit of that position, with more games played than all three clubs.

Monahan has a career-high 64 points in 74 games, the latter of which would be a career low.

The 23-year-old leads Calgary with 31 goals in 2017-18.

Copyright © 2018 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *