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Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan
If Johnny walks this is on Tre. This should have been done one way or another much sooner. Now he will get to handle Tkachuk too. Better step up his game.
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What does Gaudreau get in a trade last offseason?
He was coming off two seasons where he had a .85 PPG and there were alot of questions about his ability to perform in the playoffs.
Plus the whole league was in a cap crunch, the league was playing in a bubble, and there was a lot of uncertainty due to COVID.
You weren't dealing the 115 point superstar that you got this past season, his stock was pretty low.
My guess is the offers on the able were probably something like a 1st + Prospect + Cap Dump to offset salaries.
It's also what made an extension last summer hard. Flames wanted to lock in low, but in the end it sounds like Gaudreau made the decision to walk away from the offer and bet on himself.
I think you could make the case that keeping Gaudreau and trying to go on one last run was actually the right call, because at least it gave the Flames a decent season and the chance to keep negotiating to potentially keep him.
If Gaudreau was traded last offseason there is not even a chance he's back here.
If Gaudreau was traded for a 1st and a prospect last offseason, and then went on to have a 115 point season somewhere else then Nik and you would just be complaining about how Gaudreau was dealt for peanuts and how they were stupid not to keep him to try to re-sign him. There is no winning.