The problem with trying to get 2 players back (plus a pick) is the expansion draft.
For example (using one of the more talked about suggestions), if you trade Gaudreau for DeBrusk + Kase + 1st is that (along with the fact that you are trading an 80-90 point guy for 2 40-point guys) is that you are going to lose one of them in the expansion draft.
So you make that trade, and then you lose Kase to Seattle. In that scenario, you have turned Gaudreau, an elite winger, for DeBrusk, a decent, middle-6 winger who can put up 40 points, and a late 1st.
That is brutal asset management.
Instead of targeting 2 players, I think trade proposals should be targeting 1 (higher-rated) player and 1 prospect and a pick.
The expansion draft is just one year away and can't be ignored.
Also, Ghost is not a good defenseman and should not be the centerpiece of any Gaudreau trade proposal.
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