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[Breakers]

who's he playing with these days?

Columbus has quite a few lineup combo's

Laine and ?

 

[beowulf]

Had a career year and is now back to totals that align more with the rest of his NHL seasons?

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Kind of ironic how he saved the Flanes from a bad contract... only for them to turn around and offer a terrible one to Huberdeau.

You think Gaudreau would be a bad contract staying with the team he’d been with for a decade, who knew exactly what he was good at, and built the entire team around him?

Shit, if he’d stayed, Tkachuk might have too.

No chance Matty was gonna be here with no JG.

 

[nturn06]

Guys always put up very good numbers in contract years and was meh the other years....

When is his next contract up?

 

[TheHudlinator]

I'll take him back

 

[MessierII]

A PPG player over his career is overrated? mkay

Yes he’s not a guy you build a franchise around or pay 10+ mil. He’s one of the most inconsistent ppg players I’ve ever seen. Sub par playoff guy to boot.

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Yes he’s not a guy you build a franchise around or pay 10+ mil. He’s one of the most inconsistent ppg players I’ve ever seen. Sub par playoff guy to boot.

Gaudreau is a 5 ft 8 160lb LW.

LW is the least valuable position on the ice, and you shouldn’t build around wingers as a general rule.

He probably shouldn’t be your best player, but he can be your second best - he’s spectacular.

He’s just 5 ft 8 160. He can’t do it himself.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Some people talked about Jarmo being one in recent years, especially during the Seth Jones trade.

Folks may have talked about it, but no way is Jarmo anything close to a Class A GM.

 

[HugginThePost]

He’s not bad per se, but he’s not the kind of guy you really want leading your team. He’s more of a complimentary player than he is a leader

But you said, "he's never been good".

That's a ridiculous statement. 115-point players are good; some would even say great.

He's a career point-per-game player.

Don't go movin' the goal posts.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Serious question: Has Columbus ever had an A grade GM?

Doug MacLean (in his own mind)

 

[Monk]

Lotta stat watchers, not a lotta game watchers in this thread.

 

[Siludin]

This was never going to be Columbus' year. Their upswing is going to be in a couple of years.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

pulls a Jeff Skinner when the Jackets get better.

So, he's done.

 

[JurassicTunga]

Trade you Huberdeau for Gaudreau

 

[Hale The Villain]

Got paid based on a 115 point season, but the season before he had 49 points in 56 games, and the one before that he had 58 points in 70 games.

He's a career PPG player but obviously now that he's 30 the expectation should be 70-80 points a year, which is what he produced ast year and what he will probably put up this year too once his shooting percentage goes from 0% to around 10-12%.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

This guy is absolutely brutal now, plays almost 21 minutes a game, has zero goals and just four assists through 9 games? How did he score 115 points 2 years ago?

every years there's always a team or two that overachieves. the 22 flames were one of them.

 

[abo9]

You think Gaudreau would be a bad contract staying with the team he’d been with for a decade, who knew exactly what he was good at, and built the entire team around him?

Shit, if he’d stayed, Tkachuk might have too.

No chance Matty was gonna be here with no JG.

Idk, it's still a 7 (or possibly 8 with the Flames) years contract for a > 30 years old winger. Potentially a higher AAV too.

Not like he's a terrible player - he had 74 pts last year and probably isn't done putting up 70+ pts seasons. But... I don't think he's worth the 9.75M. Over his career, he put up the numbers of a borderline franchise player, but I don't think he is one.

But its not like Calgary was a wagon outside that one outlier year where everything went their way. They'd probably be more successful than now, but still stuck in a kind of mediocre state.

Unfortunately for the fans, the Front office seems to have made questionable decisions that turned off their star players. I really don't think its just a "meh canada bad" issue, other Canadian teams manage to keep their (better) star players around.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

I won't pretend to know what's going on at the moment, but the whole "contract year" argument doesn't fly. He was good last year on a very bad team. Timeline doesn't line up and he definitely does not have the vibes of someone who got paid and checked out. Not last year. Not now.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Lotta stat watchers, not a lotta game watchers in this thread.

Are you trying to tell us he has been playing well?

 

[Some Other Flame]

Trade you Huberdeau for Gaudreau

Dammit came here to post this.

Flames can even retain 750K to even out the contracts lol

 

[GMR]

He's making money and laying OSU girls every night. And the nonexistent Columbus hockey media leaves him alone no matter how bad he plays.

He probably considers the career move an overwhelming success.

 

[Viqsi]

the nonexistent Columbus hockey media

It's surprisingly easy to tell which folks here know absolutely nothing about Columbus.

This isn't a pressure cookier like Calgary might have been, but "nonexistent" is beyond absurd even if taken as hyperbole.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Folks may have talked about it, but no way is Jarmo anything close to a Class A GM.

We all have opinions, but most of them are useless.

 

[scoopscj]

I thought he came to Columbus to "Win games"? BWHAHAHAHAHHA

 

[CBJx614]

He went from playing with Lindholm and Tkatchuk to Jenner and *insert player here*

Why would assume he's going to continue to play at a 115 pt pace?