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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Ryan is naive.
By all reports the Flames and Gaudreau were negotiating last summer already, and then agreed to suspend talks once the season began. Given the circumstances—Gaudreau's most recent underwhelming performances, the team's dismal showing in the COVID-shortened season, and the total uncertainty about what the team and the League would look like coming back to full arenas—it would have been foolish for Gaudreau to sign any offer that the Flames were likely to make. And there is no way the Flames were going to hand him a blank cheque.
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I doubt that. Treliving didn’t want to give him enough for him to sign last year.
It’s not like Johnny didn’t want to negotiate.
It’s a gamble that Johnny won.