Zajacs Bowl Cut
Lets Go Baby
We literally just traded Hall (in the last year of his contract) and Blake Speers for
1st round pick
3rd round pick
former 1st round pick Merkley
former 2nd round pick Bahl
former 3rd round pick Schnarr
That's a pretty solid return. Bahl has legit top 4 potential and Merkley and Schnarr could both still develop into players.
The fact is, we could trade Gaudreau for a similar package as we did for Hall in the case where Gaudreau is uninterested in re-signing (I think odds are favorable he'd want to stick around though).
Do you not see the difference between a pending UFA/deadline deal vs. a trade in the summer? Because there is a big difference.
Also, 2 potential top 10 picks AND Gusev is a MUCH better return than what we got for Hall.