[bigrangy]

You could do a lot worse than Lindholm+Rakell for Gaudreau if they could be signed at the same price long term. Lindholm has as good a shot as any young d-man to win a Norris in the next 5 years, though it would be wildly impractical for Calgary to pay 4 guys like #1 D-men.

I wouldn't do the trade because we don't want Gaudreau to keep the Honda Center Curse alive from the other side, but the value is not bad at all, and probably favors the Flames.