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Originally Posted by Gaudfather
That is a delusional statement to say Gio is worth nothing to a competing team - there is no reason to think he will be nothing but 100% healthy and ready to go when training camp opens.
Gio would be a coveted asset by many teams, but Treliving won't let that happen.
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I don't think he's saying he's worth nothing but Gio is not worth the price of a true elite d-men around the league. If you look at Gio's stats for the last 8 82-game seasons that he's played with the Flames, he's only completed 2 full 82-games with the majority of them less than half played and he's injury prone. Not much good to pay a guy sitting in the press box learning to be a GM or a coach one day. Sure let's hope he's 100% coming training camp, but as the season goes on, the last thing you'd want is to have another injury.
Maybe it's time to trade him to an eastern team on a high and move forward on rebuild now that the Flames still have Dougie Hamilton and Brodie. It's not like Gio is under 30 at the moment.