A lot of focus on trading Gaudreau. Hes not a perfect or complete 200 ft player but he is on a good contract and when hes on is electric.
Im in no way saying that Monahan is not a 1st line centre. He is, he just doesnt carry the play like a superstar and if anything that is where we need an upgrade to win a SC. The flames will always be in a spot where they need a complete game top to bottom (Forwards, D, Goaltendjng) much like the Predators if they want to make some noise. We dont have a Crosby so we need wordly goaltending, solid 200ft game and scoring throughput the lineup.
So while Trading gaudreau might be a shakeup it doesnt fix the defense or goaltending. It probably doesnt get you any more scoring up front ether.
Aside from trading the whole team or tanking and getting a top 2 pick. This is the core.
But who knows, if they continue to lose and Tre feels the heat anything could happen.
Hope it doesnt come to that.
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