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Originally Posted by The Cobra
All I was saying is that signing a player for a deal that seems like Treliving got a stinking good deal sometimes costs you later.
Thy original poster suggested that Treliving played hard ball with Johnny.
That doesn't always sit well with a player later on. It's not irrelevant.
I just think Johnny will end his career playing in the US. He signed a contract because he needed financial security, but he left himself in a situation where he's a UFA at a relatively young age.
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I still believe that winning salves all wounds and trumps practically everything.
If the Flames are a contending team when Gaudreau is a UFA I don't see how that will not weigh heavily in their favour of re-signing him. It will have been six years since his RFA negotiation with Treliving, and he has already talked openly about understanding the situation behind the contract.