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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
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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Depends on what 2 players you get back. If you get a G, inconsequential. We will need to protect 1 regardless.
If you get a D, you can protect the d you acquire and gamble by exposing Gio (or look at a trade Involving him). We will lose a decent player regardless. I just can’t see a team giving up a solitary, high end piece for Gaudreau Which will in itself justify a trade (ie What High end assets do these Acquiring teams have that they Would Willingly give up to get Johnny). It will have to be a package with Multiple pieces that hopefully develop into an asset(s) that push us to the next level.