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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Hopefully Tree nails this trade. This is his defining moment as GM of this team.
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This I agree with.
The Gaudreau stuff I was okay with him taking the risk of walking Gaudreau to UFA, especially since the trade market likely wasn't great for him after his 19-20 and 20-21 seasons.
With Gaudreau he signed him to a 6 year deal that took up Gaudreau's prime years up to his 29th birthday. You'd wish he had his 115 point season in 20-21 and maybe have an opportunity to move him at the deadline but in the end we got great value of out Gaudreau even if we didn't get an asset back.
But with Tkachuk it's different. He's 24 years old, not 29. He's only a year older than when Gaudreau signed his 6 year deal that covered his prime. So he's just entering the prime of his career. You signed him to a bridge deal because you wanted to contend...and really only had one good season out of the three. And because of that decision now he's able to kind of force your hand.
So now you better get this trade right because you kind of put yourself in this situation.