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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Interesting that the Canucks would choose to go down the same road with Miller that the Flames just did with Gaudreau. Zero chance he re-signs with the Canucks. I suppose they may get a good offer for him at the trade deadline but sometimes you have to accept you aren't going to get a king's ransom for an asset and get some quality assets instead of nothing.
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Or do you treat him as your own rental.
If the only offer on the table is a late first then I think it’s fair for the GM to go “Not worth it, let’s see what happens with him here and we will re-assess at the deadline.”
I think that’s what happened with Gaudreau too. No reason to sell low in the offseason if you think you can get more at the deadline.
In the Flames case they ended up being first in the division and looked like a true contender. At that point you have to play it out and just hope he re-signs.
There is still value to the org in having a good season ($21M of playoff gate revenue in to Edwards pocketbook) and there is value in the cap space.