Reading Gilmour's article that he woke up late one night in a hotel, and because he was in an ajoining room heard idiot Reisbrough trying to trade him. This is what spurred his hold out and our eventual fleecing.
Letter to my younger self
Quote:
Don’t lay down on the floor with your ear to the door and listen in.
You’ve just been through an arbitration hearing with the team. You’ve been in a room with the lawyers. You know they don’t want to pay you. You know there’s animosity.
You know you and Risebrough didn’t get along when you played against one another.
What do you think he’s saying? Just go back to bed.
If you lay on the floor and listen, you’re going to hear some words that are going to really piss you off, and you’re going to do something you’ll regret.
“I want to trade Gilmour.”
You’re not going to be able to unhear those words. You’re not going to be mature enough to let it go. The next few months will be the most miserable time of your career. You’ll be waiting for the shoe to drop. At the team New Year’s party, you’ll tell your teammates what happened. You’ll tell them that you’re done.
You’ll walk out on the team. You’ll regret how this all goes down. You had a good thing going in Calgary, and it’ll all come apart. Over business.
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Basically an also-ran ever since. Tough for us who were fans in the 80's to see what this team has become since.