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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Ya, a site called Philly hockey now saying he wants to sign with the Flyers, shocking! This is no more newsworthy than a HF board Flyers fan saying the same thing. Not sure why anyone would thank this post.
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I don't know, seemed pretty balanced to me. They didn't even really specifically say philly, according to the source, it said this:
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The source said Gaudreau, who once starred at Gloucester Catholic High, “wants to play on the East Coast if he can. But, again, he’s not going to close any door he has with (Calgary). We’ll see what happens.”
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Anyone who was ascribing a majority chance of Johnny signing here...the evidence has been piling up in your face for a while but that quote should scare you. Yeah, yeah, anonymous source, whatever, hang your hat on that if you want but it's clear johnny wants to play east coast. It's been clear basically from the moment he was drafted by the Flames. And the thing about the east coast is even if philly can't clear cap space there's still like 7 other teams all within a day's drive from his family that could/will. The odds of not one of those teams making a competitive offer to the Flames...is low. All this shuffling will force a rebuild which is what this team needs anyway, and 3-4 years from now we'll have a new exciting young cheap controlled core to cheer for, with a new 8 year window (in which the Flames will hopefully win more than two playoff series) while JG looks worse and worse.