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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
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.
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.
If Gaudreau was traded last offseason there is not even a chance he's back here.
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This time last year we were all talking a deal that started with a 7. That was reasonable for the 3 previous years of production and lack of team success and also one that Gaudreau obviously was correct to reject - which was a gamble. Your return on a trade sounds right, and it wouldn't have been a high first either. It would come from a team expecting success. And it would have been on a one year rental price (not the trade deadline stupidity). Or maybe you'd have gotten NJ's 29th pick. Or maybe Fla's 30th Philly didn't even have a first to give.