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Originally Posted by chedder
If the gm knew Johnny was wanting to test free agency then he should have dealt him and got whatever he could. You could still be in the bidding for him this summer. Yes, the team would have been worse this past season but you'd have some assets and the cap space to try to be better this coming season. If he walks now you have nothing but the cap space and wasted a year of whatever the new team could have looked like.
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That would be dumb, because wanting to test the marketplace is not remotely the same as not having any intention of re-signing. The Flames are better with Gaudreau—full stop. The right decision was and is to try to get him under contract long term.
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