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Originally Posted by TOfan
You seem to be catastrophizing the Gaudreau contract situation with zero first hand knowledge. I find it extremely hard to believe the Flames management doesn’t have a handle on what Gaudreau’s desire to stay with the team is and what his next contract is going to look like. I would imagine that the two parties started discussing this month’s ago, probably even last offseason.
Suggesting Treliving has been asleep at the wheel is a lazy take. Why would he have been? Is there a single logical reason why he wouldn’t have, at minimum, ‘get this sorted out’ as you put it? Even from a self serving point of view, what good could that have possibly done for Treliving? That would basically be like you showing up to work one day and just saying ‘yeah, that big deliverable I’m responsible for, I’m just not going to do that and I’m going to let the project implode’. I suppose if you’re intentionally trying to get fired that might make sense. You’re reputation would take a massive hit as well, so it’s kind of like career suicide. Good luck getting hired again in your profession. If an individual were to do this, regardless of their profession, they should probably seek out counselling.
Do you honestly believe this is what Treliving has done/is doing?
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Everything you say is likely spot on.
But here's the rub,
Unless they have a handshake agreement in hand and are just waiting to announce it for some unknown reason, he has now lost all leverage in the situation.
JG can simply decide he no longer wants to sign for what was agreed upon, or heard through the back channels what another club is willing to do next off season, or just use the new powers he has as leverage of his own for a new deal. Doesn't mean it will happen, but it certainly could. This is simply the ugly side of the pro sports business.
This needed to be settled one way or the other prior to the entry draft. It was as clear as day that the team would lose their negotiating power on the 28th...period. This is just a fact.
If there really is not a deal in place, IMO that has to be the last straw and BT needs to be jettisoned ASAP before he makes panic deals that would hurt the club even further in an attempt to save his job.