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Originally Posted by iamca
. A chance to continue playing alongside Matthew Tkachuk and Elias Lindholm on what was the best line in hockey last season.
Good luck finding any of that with the Blue Jackets, a nondescript team in a college football town, which lacks a No. 1 centre and has spent its existence as a bubble team at best.
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Elias Lindholm was never considered a number one centre... until he got to play with Gaudreau.
Kent Johnson is arguably sporting superior upside and will probably win the Calder if he plays next to Gaudreau.
Tkachuk is a great player, but Laine's probably more effective at his peak since he can bomb from anywhere on the ice and is a superior skater. He was a big part of Winnipeg's WCF run.
Zach Werenski is also a bonafide #1D with elite skating ability.
Kekkalainen is also no worse a GM than Treliving.
Is that every part pf the picture? No, but I so nonr real reason the CBJ can't be as competitive over the next ~four years as Calgary would have been. Coaching, maybe. Outside of that though our roster sans Gaudreau is pretty underwhelming.