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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
Over at the Athletic today, Kurz wrote an article on potential trading partners for San Jose. I thought his opinion on what it would take to get a player like Gaudreau gives a peek into what John's value in a trade might be. He acknowledges that Calgary trading John into the western conference is a long shot though.
I think many posters here would be swayed by that return.
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Hmm, I don't know how great that return is actually.
Meier is a really good player and his cap hit is ok but he flames issue is cap space. The difference between Meier and Gaudreau is 750k, but Lebanc is an RFA in the ~3 million dollar range, perhaps arguably as high as 4.
A 2021 draft pick doesn't help this roster unless they move it attached to something else for an elite return, but if they are paying lebanc+Meier 9 million instead of Gaudreau 6.75, I don't know what kind of deals they can make to get that elite player.
They'd be better off attaching their own 1st with Gaudreau and trying to shoot the moon for an elite asset and take on 9 million that way.