Iginla led the league in goals and points in 01/02 with 96 points and the next year he got 30 less points and finished the year with 67 points. I'm certainly glad we didn't trade him at that point because we all know what happened the very next year. Players go through ups and downs in their careers. Look at a player like Joe Sakic one of the all time greats, went from 118 points in 2001 to 79 points in 2002.
Unless your talking about Gretzky or Lemieux players don't put up 100 point seasons every year. It's possible that Gaudreau puts up 65 points this year but next year puts up 92.
Unless the return the Flames would get from trading Gaudreau is a superstar of equal value we should keep Gaudreau.
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