Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames
Gaudreau was tied for second in the NHL this season with 115 points (40 goals, 75 assists) in 82 regular-season games. He led the NHL with a plus-64 rating and set NHL career highs in goals, assists, points, game-winning goals (nine) and shots on goal (262). The 28-year-old forward led the Flames in the playoffs with 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) in 12 games. Gaudreau has 609 points (210 goals, 399 assists) in 602 regular-season games and 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) in 42 playoff games.
This is a player who can command $11M. As a team, we have to pay or go through an uglier rebuild. We can make room if Photon is correct about Lucic and Monahan can be on LTIR.
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