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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Gaudreau was always the better player. Konecny is not an elite player and Gaudreau has been virtually a ppg player his entire career which is elite. They aren't even in the same ballpark.
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But at the time Johnny seemed to be regressing while Konecny actually scored more goals and points that year, was 4 years younger and had a better AAV and more term. To the extent that Johnny was a better player, the age difference and contract may have levelled the trade value.
Now hindsight has proven that a terrible take, but it wasn't as outrageous at the time as you seem to think.