For whatever reason, I just don’t see Johnny leaving. I believe him when he said that he never said he wanted to leave.
If I put myself in to his shoes, as a hockey player, I would want to be comfortable, playing lots of minutes while contributing and winning. Well, he’s got all those things right now to go along with quite possibly the best line in the game. I mean, there’s no guarantee he gets all these things if he bolted.
The other things he has said in the past like the team being close knit and his family liking it here. I don’t know if leaving to a new team filled with new players/personnel is all that appealing to him. I think if he gets the dollars he’s looking for, he’ll re-sign.
I mean, heck, maybe I’m wrong and he does indeed leave. That would suck. But I guess we could just blow it up and go after Bedard. I suppose that’s some silver lining.
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