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Originally Posted by dino7c
totally, people hate on Huberdeau but still love Tkachuk...it makes no sense. We get it the trade Tkachuk forced didn't work out for Calgary overall, its not like they wanted to do it.
Weegar and his 20 goals takes a lot of the sting off though, what a player
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Brad pissed both Tkachuk and Gaudreau off prior to that off season. He was great at low balling players and getting some good contracts, but he had no idea how to manage his franchise players and did not prioritize him.
Tkachuk saw the writing on the wall, and wanted to play for a winner. Do you really blame him? It's every players goal to win a cup and he saw how poorly our franchise was being managed. He wasn't going to win a cup here.
There is also Covid being a factor as well as the Canadian media. Eric Francis had written some articles about how Tkachuk, Gaudreau and Monahan were losers basically. Do you really blame any of them for wanting to leave? The Canadian media is brutal. Look at Toronto right now.