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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Disagree, Gaudreau was in on 40% of this teams offense, he stirs the drink
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The offense is not going to drop by 40%. Nothing even close to that. Someone else (or multiple players) will "stir the drink." And even if not quite as effectively, the team will still be able to score. Even if they lost 50% of Gaudreau's production (which I think is incredibly unlikely) the Flames would still have the sixth best goal differential in the Conference, and likely second or third in the division.
When a player is moved, the value of his production is not reduced to nothing. We have seen this happen every time when a player changes teams—offensive production never drops as steeply as you imagine.
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