I'm all for trading anyone if it makes the team better.
You will have a hard time finding a trade for Gaudreau where the return actually makes the team better IMO.
The guy takes up what? 11-12% of the cap? Yet he's in on like 40%of the teams offense?
How do you even justify wanting to trade that?
The guy is doing his bloody job and then some, it isn't his fault the continually inept Flames management can't build any depth behind him.
...and saying you can't win with Johnny is one of the dumbest things I've ever read, when you go back and look and see that he's won at every level he's played at until now and been a HUGE part of those winning teams.
Yeah the NHL is a bigger dragon to slay, but he's already proven he's capable of being a huge offensive contributor at this level and if the team isn't winning it's not because he's holding them back.
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