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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
I agree, we don't know for sure that he wants to move on but it came directly from two media members that have very close ties to the team. It wasn't some ####### blogger like David Staples feeding the masses whatever he was told to. Francis and Leslie said no way he re-signs in Calgary. There is no room for interpretation there in my opinion. I have a hard time believing they would make such a statement if they weren't certain it was the truth.
Now, could things change? Absolutely. Maybe John changes his mind and wants to stay but you can't very well bank on that can you? Treliving should (and I'm sure is) communicating with every team that he can about a JG trade.
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Beyond just hearing from multiple strong media sources that Gaudreau wants out, there are a bevy of other sources who have said the following:
- Johnny has a fear of flying and would prefer less travel (impossible playing out of Calgary.)
- Johnny is very close with his family and hates living so far from "home"
- Johnny's father has had some health issues over the last couple of years.
Look, we may not like it, and there may still be opportunity for change... but if Johnny is actually a bit unhappy with his lifestyle due to playing for Calgary, then he isn't likely to perform as well as he would somewhere comfortable.
In a perfect world, Johnny's whole family would have moved to Calgary with him and his fear of flying would evaporate. This isnt a perfect world. We might have to come to terms with losing one of our best players. Wouldn't it be better, if we knew that's what he wanted, to do him a solid and deal him somewhere close while also recouping significant assets for this franchise?
If that is the case, wouldn't it then make sense to go hard after someone we really know WANTS to play in CALGARY specifically?
That is where 98% of us are coming from. We don't want to ship Johnny out but it just seems like it's inevitable given all available information.