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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I want to keep monahan until the roster has a center with at least potential to be better than him, otherwise we're boned.
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Exactly. Bird in hand. Monahan and Backlund may not get invited to the All Star game but every team in the league would be more than happy to give you their junk wingers for them. Then you'd all complain about Treliving not finding a "true" #1 center. Center is too critical to take a step back and no ones giving us a better center in trade.
IF trading Gaudreau nets a star center then great but trading Gaudreau is really only beneficial IF its to gain cap space from someone which rules out ideas like Wilson in Wash or Couterier in Phil. Neither team is in any position to trade for Gaudreau AND give us cap space.
Actually according to Cap Friendly neither team is in a position to do much of anything unless you want their aging over priced 30+ year olds. Wash has 10.4 to spend and only 16 players signed and Vrana needs a raise and they need a goalie. Philly is worse with 9 mil and just 14 signed and they'll need a goalie too.
So why cap space? If all the local arm chair GMs are so hot and bothered to sign Hall then its Gaudreau for cap space, a lower roster player and a pick or a its complete waste of time.
NJ and Buffalo are about it and Buffalo has no draft picks to speak of.