The point of discussion for me is Gauvreau and Kavanaugh have more value to the Petes and Colts as extra OAs on the roster than traded or waived, and teams with OA space don’t seem to have much interest in replacement level OAs.
Bzrustowski is in the OJHL. Brantford waived an OA D, Erie waived two OA Fs, Tarasevich and Savard were traded for 8s. I mentioned Bzrustowski is the OJHL?
The issue right now for the Petes is exactly what you say. Cam Gauvreau is more valuable to the Petes than simply just shipping him out for a weak pick that this OA market is spitting out. However, the problem is that the Petes currently have 4 overagers that mean a lot to them and one has to sit every night. Through 2 games, Jax Dubois has played 2 games (and leads the league with 7 points), Sam Mayer has played 2 games (2 goals), Connor Lockhart 1 game (1 assist) and Cam Gauvreau 1 game. It is quite easy to say that Dubois, Mayer and Lockhart should be in the lineup every game and I cannot see how they keep sitting one of these three to get Gauvreau in. I have to imagine that if Konnor Smith and Liam Ladds were not hurt, Gauvreau may probably be gone, but this team is short d and now has to factor him in. Gauvreau means a lot to the Petes but not enough to consistently have Lockhart or Dubois out of the lineup.
Once Konnor Smith returns from injury which should hopefully be somewhat soon, it would be tough to find a spot for Cam Gauvreau in this d core, simply because he is an OA:
Sam Mayer - Carson Cameron
Dylan Woulds - Donovan McCoy
Konnor Smith - Brayden Velliaris