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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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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I don’t know. You lose Johnny, not only you lose his production, you also lose his impact on the success of other players. Guys like Tkachuk and Lindholm depend on him. The whole PP run through him as we have no #1D. Team can also focus on stopping Tkachuk and Mangi instead. So many negatives.