Quoting: Lunatik
Dude this idea is a terrible one.
Drouin makes 5.5m for 2 more years and he's had questionable attitude problems his entire career. The Habs are going to have to pay to get rid of him. The Flames aren't going to massively downgrade their top 6 and give up extra pieces to take on a guy they could get for at worst, while adding almost 5m in salary cap
A top six of:
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Anderson
Mangiapane - Monahan - Hyman
is way better than
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ritchie/Bennett/Leivo/Simon/Dube/Ryan
Tkachuk - Lindhom - Mangiapane
That's not even remotely close to the same level of top six.
Having two actual right wingers on the team would make a world of difference opposed to the dumpster that was continuously rolled out there this year.
Quoting: flamesfan
Flames decline, gaudreau will be staying in Calgary. Neither of those players interest calgary
What motivation does GAudreau have to stay? Unless he is over paid in Calgary why would he re sign a deal before testing the market and seeing what Philly, NJ, the NY's, Boston etc have to offer? He's not winning here, they're constantly sticking him with Monahan cause it's the only way Monahan is successful, there is no solid base to build a cup contender with. Why does Johnny Gaudreau pick Calgary over any other market?