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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
I’m not going to be gracious and wish him well. Johnny ####ed us. He has a contract offer and sat on it. He gave us a lot of sweet words at the end of the season but, if it wasn’t about money, he should have told Tre and let us get on with building our team. We could have made moves at the draft but we were frozen…waiting on him. He can GTFO.
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I don’t disagree but there is just as much failure by the flames, whether it’s management or ownership, who refused to read the writing on the wall. They didn’t have the balls to give Johnny an ultimatum and kickstart a retool when they had the chance. Now they’re paying the price.
Even if the flames knew he was leaving a week ago, I doubt it makes much difference. Or two weeks ago. Almost no chance Chucky gets traded either way.
For better or worse, it would seem Flames ownership/management seem dead set against any retool or rebuild and want a perpetual playoff contender.