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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I'm skeptical this would be the case. Didn't Johnny invite Hartley to some hockey camp he runs that same summer (or vice versa)? Why would a player refuse to sign if a coach is coaching, and then invite that (fired) coach to his summer camp?
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It was Bob’s camp and Johnny went there as a guest counselor after Bob was turfed
https://www.si.com/nhl/2016/07/21/bo...calgary-flames
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“You can see how passionate he is about helping the kids,” says Johnny Gaudreau, Hartley’s former player in Calgary who has attended camp as a guest counselor for the three years now. “He’s always on the ice, always running around. There’s 260 kids here each week and he knows everyone’s name.”
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As everyone knows, GMs like to have their guy. Tre was a rookie and let him continue what he started under Feaster. He couldn’t fire him after the Jack Adams year, but did so the next year, when there were plenty of valid reasons why they faced adversity, plus being ready to pick his guy