I remember seeing a Devils fan propose Gaudreau and Kylington for Gusev, Boqvist, 7th overall and 11th overall.
If you're signing Hall that seems like a home run trade to me.
Gusev is a guy that I think if you put him in the Flames top six that included Hall, Tkachuk, Monahan and Lindhom would freaking explode from his 50+ point pace to an 80+ point pace. This is a guy who had 1.32 points per game in his last KHL season. He's also a right hand shot, but the big problem is he's a UFA after just one season and if he exploded like that you aren't getting him re-signed with a flat cap, plus as a Russian I doubt he'd be over joyed to come to Calgary in the first place.
So you soften the blow of losing Johnny immediately with the addition of Hall and Gusev, and then have Boqvist, 7th overall and 11th overall to help likely 1 to 3 years out and beyond.
Of course many other Devils fans crapped on it but mostly because they didn;t think they could get Johnny to sign another deal, which is weird given that he has a huge house in Jersey, but you get that a TON from other fan bases when them acquiring Gaudreau comes up. None of them think they would have beyond the 2 seasons except for Philly fans.
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