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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
January immediately preceding Gaudreau’s free agency. I came on here and posted they need to give him an ultimatum. Sign by end of Jan or we’re trading you.
Was destroyed by posters here. How could we do that? We’re in a playoff push. If we make it what if?
What if we traded Gaudreau for a kings ransom at the height of his career? What could we have got and couldn’t that massively speed up a rebuild? He walked for nothing.
On CP- when players are bad it’s not a good time to trade/ the value is low. When players are good, it’s not a good time to trade/ what if you win?!?
Nobody here will agree. But the truth is this team has been mismanaged despite what dino7c, Bingo or Jiri tells you.
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I don't agree that you trade JG even if he isn't signing - You were a top contender that year.
What would you have gotten? A 1st, prospect, and fillers.
It's OK to lose a player to FA if you are going for it. It happens. If anything the Flames should have gone (more) all in that season.
The problem was everything that happened after