No doubt.
Flames are trading the 2 best players in that trade - it would be the Gilmour trade all over again.
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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Wore than the Gilmour trade by a mile? C'mon. You may not like the trade, but lets not get ridiculous.
You gain control in years, which is often the name of the game here.
If we keep Johnny to contend over the nest two years, we are surely going to lose him for nothing.
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It would be close IMO.
Gaudreau >>> De Brusk
Hanifin > Carlo
Debrusk is 24 and an RFA
Carlo is 23 and an RFA in a year.
Gaudreau is 27 with 2 years left until UFA.
Hanifin is 23 with 4 years left until UFA.
So in terms of team control Carlo and Hanifin are a wash, since both are 23 with similar time left to UFA. So you're downgraded from Gaudreau/Hanifin to Debrusk/Carlo to get maybe an extra 2-3 years of team control from Debrusk. That would be a horrible, horrible trade.