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Originally Posted by CroFlames
1. Losing Cup Final 2004
2. Losing Cup Final 1986
3. Jarome leaving in 2013
4. Gilmour Trade?
5. Johnny leaving?
Debatable, but you are probably right. Important to remember he's turning 30. He played his best years already and they were with the Flames. We may have actually dodged a bullet as $11MM @ age 34+ is going to be yikes for anyone.
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My position was always that there were 3 outcomes
- Trading Johnny
- Signing him to a larger long-term deal
- Losing him for nothing
I always viewed 2 of those to be not good outcomes. Now Johnny changed my mind somewhat with his last season, however, the speculated deals for Johnny still had a ton of risk and min my view at some point that deal was going to be a negative.