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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
I didn't have a single negative thing to say about Gio as a captain, player, talent, leadership, etc. Gio has been the heart and soul and most likely would be until his contract expires.
Kane has 1 more goal on the year than Johny and is only 3 pts behind Monahan. Yes he has had major off ice issues as seen with multiple young stars who have come into the league. I don't think it is luck that these players mature out of that phase.
Are the flames better for the next 5 years with Kane or Gio given the current makeup of the team?
I could be out to lunch but I just don't see how Gio is fetching "way" more than Kane would fetch right now.
All that aside, would Ferland, Kane, Tkachuk (if one of them could play C) not be the peskiest/toughest line up in the league?
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Kane is a free agent this year. Highly unlikely he'll sign anywhere before this summer so you are giving up Gio for Kane for this year only. And your team is worse for it.
Everything we've seen Hamilton and Brodie shows they are world builders playing with Gio and meh top 4 guys without him. So you're basically removing the real strength of this team - the best (or at least top 3-5) first defense pair so you get a guy who has basically never played on a competitive team in his NHL career.