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Originally Posted by ComixZone
The Flames system certainly is not working.
They took a risk when they chose not to sign or trade Gaudreau last summer. They prioritized short term "success", and (to this moment) over-estimated their ability to sign Gaudreau this summer. There were other paths available to them, but they made their choices and accepted their risks. You can't just ignore that.
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You don't know that they 'chose' not to sign Gaudreau last summer. I think the choice was likely Gaudreau's after he underperformed for two straight seasons, and I am sure his agent advised him accordingly. Trading Gaudrea last summer would have given us a very underwhelming return for the same reasons Gaudreau didn't sign a contract last year. So, today we sit here and wait for JG to hopefully re-sign... Or in an alternate reality, he played for Team X last year and some other fanbase is waiting to see if he'll sign... while we got to watch our former star winger go off for 115 pts somewhere else... But I'm sure the underpayment we got for him in the summer would have felt great and none of the same posters would still be calling for Tre to be fired.