A 1st round pick, a top prospect and a top-4 defenseman? If that's the case and it's not close, nobody would bother looking into him.
Both times he was traded Ryan O'Reilly went for less, and he's a 70 point Selke-caliber center.
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While on paper that does sound like an awesome offer, but when you break it up, Ghost is a top four offensive left shot D man that the flames simply dont need. And say what you want, but anytime a "top 4" D is healthy scratched, it looks bad. I dont care why. The first rounded is always a nice touch, but it doesnt fit the flames needs when trading a top line 99 pt winger. And the "top prospect"? well who is it? what does he play? its too vague to hold water in a trade offer. Is it nolan patrick? is it Frost? Who? Sanheim? Need names.
Also, O'Reilly was never a 70 point point player nor was he a selke-nominee until he arrived in St.Louis, after both of his trades. When he was traded from Colorado, he was a 60 point guy asking for a huge contract that the AV's didnt feel he was worth, he had also just signed an offer sheet with Calgary, which likely upset them. He was then traded to Buffalo, for a package better than the above proposal which was: defenseman
Nikita Zadorov (top 4 D), forwards
Mikhail Grigorenko (top prospect, former 12th overall pic), a first round pick and
J.T. Compher, (draft 35th overall).
Then, he went Buffalo and basically gave up, got a DUI, told the media hockey wasnt fun anymore and contemplated quitting. Even after that, he was traded for a pretty decent, arguably better package than the OP's. He was then traded to St. louis for
Patrik Berglund,
Vladimir Sobotka and
Tage Thompson, a first-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, and a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Oreilly then went to St.Louis and became an asbsolute beast , winning the Selke and Conn Smythe, and is worth his weight in gold. But before that, he was not a 70 point selke winner with a conn smythe, and he got a huge return.
Also, Gaudreau is signed to a song and a dance, hes the 70th highest paid player and finished with 99 points last year. In a cap era that is huge. I honestly think he is untouchable in CGY.