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Originally Posted by liamenator
Suddenly, Treliving's weird, emotional press conference makes a bit more sense. I thought it was weird how definitive Tre was -- usually teams always say "he wants to hit the market, but we'll stay in touch and there's a chance we circle back." But he obviously knew there was no chance, no matter what JG and team were saying (maybe Johnny called him to make that clear out of some sense of loyalty or guilt, which would probably have been against his agent's wishes). In drawing a firm line, Tre ensured that Calgary couldn't be used as a pawn in other people's negotiations. I have some respect for that, though I still think he bungled this over the last 12 months.
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Steinberg and Pinder were suggesting earlier it sounded like Gaudreau's camp gave them a number it would take for Calgary to keep him, and the Flames eventually agreed to go that high, only for Johnny to decide he still wanted to go East.
If so, yeah I'd be pretty pissed too as they may not have been negotiating in good faith.