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Old 03-25-2021, 09:46 PM   #545
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Originally Posted by CGY12 View Post
And thats why with the team nowhere close to being a cup contender or a contender of any sort, while he is coming off a "fantastic" year you actively try to move him. Maybe the Flames did but I highly doubt it. Now we are left with two years of below value Gio with next to no value. Poor asset management, if the Flames were on the cusp it would be different.
Hindsight is fun.

You don’t trade your captain when he’s coming off a Norris trophy win, when he wants to be in the city, and when you finished 2nd in the league the year before.

Show an example of a team ever moving a player in that scenario at any other point in history.

Hasn’t happened. You can fault Tre for not moving Gaudreau, Monahan, or a guy like Backlund sooner, but trying to say they should have moved Gio after 18-19 is 100% using hindsight to fit a narrative.
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