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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
I don't understand the relevance here. Are you saying that because he played on two bad teams he must be a bad player?
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No, I was talking about Gilbert's likely mindset when choosing between the Habs and the Flames.
If you've played your whole career on crappy teams that have finished at or near the bottom of the league, and you have to choose between a team that went to the Conference Finals last season and one that's likely to finish at or near the bottom of the league, I would bet you're more likely going to choose the one that went to the Conference Finals. Playing on one of the worst teams in the league can't be fun. Doing it for four of the last five seasons must be excruciating.
It's not enough to say "the Flames should have signed Gilbert for the same money they gave to Engelland." For that to work, Gilbert had to be willing to sign with the Flames, which he likely wasn't.