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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I think what you should do as GM is go to Gaudreau (now) and offer a very fair contract- the most you are willing to pay. Tell him it's take it or leave it time, you can't do any better than this, and that if he does not want to sign within X time (give a reasonable timeframe, 2 weeks or something), to provide the Flames with his list of teams he is prepared to be traded to.
Then if he signs, great, make a push and if he doesn't, blow it up and focus on rebuild. You should also take the time to explain the rationale, why you're doing what you're doing, that nothing is personal and that it is simply a matter of putting the organization first and that he is the key strategic piece of the puzzle to which ongoing / continued uncertainty will only hurt the team. Decision time. He'll understand and do whatever he wants to do.
To continue waiting and prolonging this though, is just stupid.
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Don't kid yourself. If/when Johnny walks the Flames will turn their attention to guys like Hertl and Forsberg to plug the hole. They will overpay for one of them in their desperate quest to win now. The only way this organization will head into a rebuild is the kicking and screaming way the Habs did where their attempts to hang on just keep making the team worse and worse until the roof caves in. To be honest I'm a little envious they are in position to come out of this COVID mess of a season with Shane Wright.