The tough part with these types of guys and it was similar with Gaudreau in hockey is that the inconsistent season to season performance makes the decisions really tough.
You don't want to trade him coming off a down season, and he doesn't want to sign because he'd be taking a discount for what he's worth or you feel your overpaying for what his performance was.
And you don't want to trade him coming off a great season because at that point you want to keep the player, but you also don't want to re-sign them because you're paying high when you know they weren't great the year before.
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