If Calgary included a 1st round pick in a Gaudreau trade, it would be to get someone better...not to pick up fringy prospects, a mid-6 forward, and an additional bad contract.

Not a single player calgary needs plus mediocre prospects. That wouldnt get JG. Adding Calgary's first is just absurd.

You're not getting Calgary's 1st round pick, For basically a bunch of scraps.

13 million in buyout cash.....ouch.

This stuff hurts my brain. Not only do the Flames give up the best player by a country mile, they give up the highest pick too....and for what?!!

Quantity does not equal quality.
Johnny and a 1st (I like how we give up the 2 best things)

For essentially:

Kravtsov, Vitali - About the only good piece in this proposal. But still a long ways from knowing if he'll even play in the NHL.
Andersson, Lias - BUST, has already given NY notice that he will never play for them. This means his value is effectively 0
Hájek, Libor - Low upside D man
Buchnevich, Pavel - 2nd/3rd line RW with minimal upside.
Smith, Brendan - Damaged goods, would need to be protected @ expansion draft but not even worth the salary.
2020 3rd round pick (DAL) - LOL?
2021 4th round pick (OTT) - LOL?

Lol

Clsssic example of quantity vs quality. “if we throw a whole whack of underperforming players and prospects it will look like we are offering a lot! “

Flames don’t trade their perenial all star for spare pcs and reclamation projects let alone adding their first!?!?