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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Jiri's point was that the Flyers made a similar move because they felt they couldn't win with Carter and Richards.
But the Kings won with Carter and Richards, showing that the initial assumption was incorrect. Therefore his point was moot.
The Flames most definitely can win with Gaudreau. What they need is another top forward, not to trade the only one they've got.
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The problem is how do they get that piece? Trade Monahan...trade Tkachuck. Trade Hamilton?
Every one of those just creates another hole.
Keep them all and it's a middling team who maybe draft a Barzal 2 years from now but that guy doesn't play a game till Gaudreau has signed a UFA deal in Phillly or been traded for less the year before his contract expired.
Maybe the answer was that Philly could not win with Carter and Richards leading the group. LA could already having Doughty/Kopitar/Quick in place and at the right age. Phillly couldn't trade everything else they had on that team for those pices.
To me that's sort of where the Flames are. They won't have a top flight team in the next three years with or without Gaudreau.