[SportsJunky]

This was kicked around the forums last night after the 6-0 loss to LVK. Is it time to trade Gaudreau? Time for an old-fashioned hockey trade? Futures are great but Gaudreau would be able to bring back a quality player in return. Do I want to see John get traded? Not particularly but I think Treliving should be having the conversations for sure.

This team is loaded with young talent still very much on the rise. In fact, at 26, Gaudreau is the second-oldest of the so-called next wave, who are already here: Matthew Tkachuk, 21; Elias Lindholm, 24; Sean Monahan, 25; Noah Hanifin, 22; Rasmus Andersson, 23; Juuso Valimaki, 21; Andrew Mangiapane, 23; Sam Bennett, 23; David Rittich, 27; Oliver Kylington, 22; Dillon Dube, 21.
In that group, you have at least three-quarters of what should be the top four on the blue line for the next several years — and those guys are good, too. It’s reasonable to think there are as many as five players in that group who could make up Calgary’s top-six forward group for a long time to come. They have their starting goaltender for potentially many years.
It feels like something of significance has to happen with this club soon to change the core (and no, recalling Dillon Dube as they did on Sunday does not count), shake up an underperforming group and also salvage this season. Perhaps the place to start is the guy who is struggling the most, yet would also command a significant return. Yes, perhaps it’s time for general manager Brad Treliving to explore trade possibilities for Gaudreau — one of his most lucrative assets — and not necessarily for futures either. Think: an old-fashioned hockey trade. Two teams changing their mix.

https://theathletic.com/1385118/2019...hnny-gaudreau/