If Gaudreau's camp wants to push it into the season and sit out - so be it. How much did holding out affect Iginla's career?
And as far as Gaudreau getting off to a slow start and it hurting the team's season as a result, the fact that he's in the WC will definitely help in that regard. It's pretty much its own training camp.
I want to see a reasonable contract. If it takes him sitting out for a while, well that's unfortunate. But it isn't the end of the world by any stretch.
Maybe it ends up resulting in lots of early ice-time for Bennett and Tkachuk. One never knows how things play out.
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