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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
You keep saying 4th rounder as though that's what was on the table for Gaudreau. That's about as speculative as anything I've said.
But I don't care about the asset they received for Gaudreau (if any) but the direction they would go without Gaudreau. I said it before the draft. This was a franchise altering situation and the path should have been clear. If they didn't have Gaudreau next season, they should be rebuilding and that starts at the draft. Veterans should have been on the table and the team entering a rebuild so they do have assets in the upcoming years especially if they can draft someone like Bedard. Instead they were left in limbo and the GM has to take some responsibility for that.
If Treliving is simply hamstrung by the owners, fair enough, but then who cares who is puppet in the GM role. It's like Lowe and Katz up north, I don't even know who they pretend to call the GM up there.
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4th is about the highest anyone has paid for UFA rights since Bouwmeester.
But ya, I'm sure if Tre started a fire sale at the draft GMs would have been tripping over themselves to give us great value for our veterans. Just like they did for:
Georgiev
DeBrincat
Romanov
Dach
Husso
Vanecek
Deangelo
Kunin
IF the Flames get dragged into a rebuild, they'll get equal or better assets selling at TDLs.