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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Not to mention I fail to see what practical difference this could have possibly made. BT overrides instructions from ownership to sign star up til last minute to read Gaudreau's mind somehow and realize that there's 0% chance he's signing here. Then, what, we get a fourth rounder for him at this years draft? Maybe? yay? A fourth rounder is the difference between BT being a great GM and a bum?
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Gaudreau staying and Gaudreau leaving are franchise altering situations. If your draft plan doesn't change around that, who you keep, which direction your going, who's on the table, who isn't, then that's a worrisome sign.
Imagine if the Oilers had a situation where they didn't know if McDavid was with them next year or not but they still had the same plan regardless, we would be laughing at them non-stop if McDavid left and they were still all-in to win. Flames do it though and well that's just because we don't have a psychic for a GM apparently.