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Originally Posted by united
Have cautiously posted this a few times previously, but don’t discount the impact Treliving’s treatment of Gaudreau and Mangiapane in their respective RFA negotiations, exile of Michael Frolik, or treatment of Giordano with the expansion draft, has on situations like this. You may not agree, and certainly much more went into this decision, but people (players) don’t forget. Fact.
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There's an interview I've been thinking of a lot lately with Gaudreau just after he signed his second contract. I think it was on Spittin' Chicklets, and he was being interviewed along with one of the Hayes brothers. The topic of RFAs and offer sheets came up, and the interviewer asked Gaudreau if he had any interest or considered signing one.
Gaudreau seemed pretty sour about his RFA status at the time; because he played the 1 game against Vancouver in 2014, he wasn't eligible to receive offer sheets and did not seem impressed at how he didn't have any leverage or negotiating ability.
That particular exchange stood out to me at the time, and I've really been playing it over and over in my head the last couple of days.
I'll see if I can find it and post it.