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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I am willing to hear it. I am trying to change myself into a guy who cheers for Brad and not the logo on the jersey, but it is a slow process.
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Insane makes it sound like there were lots of other, easily doable and obvious options. And that the options chosen was inevitably going to lead here.
Well, it was not insane to (a) not trade Gaudreau in 2021 after a poor couple seasons and with him still saying he could well re-sign; (b) not trade Gaudreau prior to the TDL when he was still making all the right noises (including making demands for specific numbers) and you are really just trading his rights (and then only to 5 potential teams unless he waives).
I'm not sure what's insane about Tkachuk. Numerous other teams had to use similar short term contracts that year - he got what the cap would allow and more years would have cost more dough they didn't have. Unless you throw the bank at him (and even then who knows what he does) I'm not sure what you do after that.