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Flames (virtual) garbage bag day getting underway this morning. We're chatting with Mark Giordano right now. Very evident this post-season exit is hitting him hard.
Sean Monahan on potential changes to the group's core:
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"I want to be in Calgary. I want to win in Calgary."
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Milan Lucic:
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'I truly believe that this team is close. I believe the coaches feel it. I believe that management feels it. I know the players feel it."
“I felt like I contributed. And I hadn’t felt like that for a long time. I felt like my old self in a sense, because I was contributing again.”
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Mark Giordano hoping that something works out for his longtime pal/defence partner TJ Brodie to stay in Calgary. He's a UFA:
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"It's a guy that you obviously don't want to see go."
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Johnny Gaudreau on his line's play:
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"I thought defensively we were really good in our own zone with our line. That was really important to Wardo ... just unfortunate some of the chances we had didn't go in."
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"Calgary has been a second home to me. I love playing there. I love my teammates there. I love the city. The fans are awesome. It’s a team I can see myself playing for the remainder of my career."
"That's the kind of market you want to be in. The fans, they just want you do well ... everywhere you go, every team you play for, there's going to be hard times and some unhappy people."
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Gaudreau:
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"I understand why fans are upset. We’ve been in the same situation the past few years… It’s frustrating on us. I’m sure it’s frustrating on the fans. They’re passionate. I’m sure they aren’t happy. We’re not happy either."
"It’s just part of the business we’re in. You never want to see a player get traded, especially a guy you’ve played with for a while now. When I hear my name, it’s not the greatest thing to hear because I do enjoy playing in Calgary."
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Dillon Dube feels having Milan Lucic on his line and being around him on a day-to-day basis helped him take his game to the next level:
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"Being on a line with that guy, who has done it all ... it really helps you as a player."
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Sam Bennett, on taking another step personally:
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"I’ve always believed in myself, I’ve always known I can be that player to have big impacts in every game. I’m hopeful and looking forward to bigger role and bigger opportunity. Then it’s just up to me to take advantage of it."
"I’m sure I speak for everyone on our team that we’re not content with that and it doesn’t sit well with us. We definitely have to figure that out. We have to find a way to change the way things have been going."
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Sam Bennett on the shift back to centre in the playoffs:
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“I loved it. I love playing centre. I think it compliments my game. I think I’m able to use my speed a little bit more and get more involved in games.”
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Cam Talbot, on returning to Calgary:
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“We’d love to. I loved it there. My wife and family loved it there. It would have to be the right situation for myself and for them, but we’d be very open for coming back for next year and beyond.”
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