Player Discussion Gaudreau's Next Contract

[Iggys Dome]

The more money Gaudreau gets, the less money for future Badbranson's, Badorov's, Neal's, and Brouwer's.

Give him whatever he wants.

FTFY

 

[Body Checker]

Yep.

If you back up the truck for Gaudreau then you are basically stuck committing the same if not more to Tkachuk - as he has near identical point a game averages over the past two seasons and the team would be buying more "prime" years.

This organization wouldn't win a damn thing (and already can't) with Gaudreau and Tkachuk taking upwards of 20-22M in cap space. It's an asinine proposal.

If Gaudreau had shown capable of producing 1.05-1.15 pts/g consistently then sure, asking for 9-10M would be more than reasonable (on a 5/6 year deal), but he hasn't. He has shown that ability just twice in his 7 year NHL career during what was very likely his peak. You can't blame his linemates either. If you are a 10M dollar player you need to be able to consistently produce no matter the circumstances. Mark Stone managed to be over a point a game in Ottawa two years running on a complete dumpster fire roster, and no one thinks he's a game changer offensively.

I don't even think you can make a sound argument that Gaudreau is worth 10M TODAY.. let alone when he will be 36 years old. I love the guy, but he is a flawed hockey player who only contributes in one area of the game and hasn't shown the ability to be successful in the playoffs.

Treliving should have had this entire situation wrapped up by now. Either Gaudreau was willing to commit long term at a fair number or he wasn't.. and if he wasn't then he should have been dealt this summer.

Yep trying to be a contender with your top 2 salaried players being left wingers does not seem to be a recipe for success imo.

 

[Some Other Flame]

You guys know that they can always trade one of the left wingers, right? Maybe not Treliving but another better GM.

I.e., sign Gaudreau to 8.5-9M and then trade Tkachuk who may not even want to stay. That'd be smart management as the alternatives are all much worse.

Sign Gaudreau, keep Tkachuk and sink too much money on the left side.

Trade Gaudreau at the deadline for a pile of crap, keep/trade Tkachuk, maybe rebuild? In a few years after all the potential generational talents are long gone of course.

Lose Gaudreau to free agency for nothing, keep/trade Tkachuk, maybe rebuild? In a few years after all the potential generational talents are long gone of course.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I mean they can also continue using Tkachuk as a RW.