I honestly don’t believe there’s a world where Treliving wanted to trade Gaudreau at different points and ownership told him he couldn’t.   
 
Gaudreau is not a generational talent. 16th highest AAV in the league and unlike everyone else on that list, he just signed a deal as an unrestricted free agent where historically you pay a premium for zero acquisition cost. 
 
Point is, players like that get traded.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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