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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Of course, Johnny's dream trade would be to the Flyers, probably for Morgan Frost. In this scenario, the Flyers would have to add. Maybe Konecky to balance the cap hit? From the Flyers' perspective, they would likely be highly confident that they could re-sign Gaudreau for a reasonable cap hit, and they are in "win-now" territory.
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Konecky probably has more trade value than Johnny, so I doubt he's added as a piece to "balance the cap hit".
If the Flames could do Johnny for Konecky, they would do so simply to get a better, longer term contract of a player who might resign.