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Originally Posted by Poe969
So the team that trades for Gaudreau has to at least believe they have an inside shot at re-signing him. They also have 2 years to build a relationship and start the conversation. If they don't think they can re-sign him, they can then trade him at the deadline like the sens did with Stone.
Gaudreau holds more value right now.
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This is the key thing, the team can still bail out and recoup some good assets. Similar to what Ottawa did with Duchene.
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On 22 February 2019, Duchene was traded (along with Julius Bergman) to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for prospects Vitalii Abramov, Jonathan Davidsson and a conditional first-round draft pick in both 2019 and 2020.
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... daaaamnn. Pretty good. Duchene is no Gaudreau.