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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Seems like there is no good market for Johnny right now. We definitely shouldn't trade him to trade him.
If T-B-M was a better first line, then they would be attracting the better defensive matchups and Gaudreau would be getting the left overs by that virtue. They only saw greater success because they were the ones getting the easier defensive matchups.
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Johnny has 2 years left until his first crack at UFA. If indications internally are such that he could walk (even if it is 50-50), now, or at the deadline, is the time to move him.
After all, we've seen first hand how well it works out moving a big names with next to no term left. This team can't be left holding it's lunch again with second tier prospects as the only tangible assets coming back for a guy like this.