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Trade Johnny Gaudreau?

08/21/2020 at 2:55pm EDT

from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,

...GM Brad Treliving will have no choice but to put in motion significant personnel changes.

And that starts with Johnny Gaudreau.

He’s likely played his last game as a Calgary Flame.

Predictably, the core just couldn’t get it done, but no man was more of an enigma than No. 13.

Gaudreau’s annual disappearance can best be explained by the simple fact his style of game doesn’t mesh with playoff hockey.

When time and space get taken away, and when teams collapse their defence and the intensity gets ramped up, the 5-foot-7, 165-pound Jersey native has been neutralized year after year.

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