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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I wanted him traded last summer before his NTC kicked in.
But I didn't think the team was capable of putting up 111 points, dominating possession metrics and winning the division.
I was wrong. Tre made the right move.
It's easy to say now "we should have traded him" when we know that we lost in round 2 and Gaudreau left, but if someone with a crystal ball said last summer:
"The Flames will dominate possession stats, collect 111 points, win the division, Gaudreau will score 115 points in the process, Tkachuk will score 104 points.....but I'm not going to tell you how things go in the playoffs"
Are you really going to erase all that by trading Gaudreau before it happens, or are you going to want to see that team play 82 games and find out what happens in the playoffs?
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They still should have traded him long ago. I was saying years ago there is no reason to keep him because he either is going to leave for nothing or you overpay for him, and he isn't the type of player that is going to carry you to a Cup anyway. One strong regular season doesn't change all their mediocre playoff performances and all their craping the bed regular seasons.