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Originally Posted by GKDarts
Well let's see...
1) Go back to the draft or latest, pre trade deadline 2021 - Tre has leverage, Johnny's NTC hasn't kicked in and he has 1.5 years of term left. Tre doesn't give Johnny an ultimatum where he accepts a fair/good long term deal or face being shopped. Tre misses the best opportunity he has to maximize on an asset that will only diminish after that point.
2) If you accept that #1 was done in consult with ownership and based on Tre's view that he'd get done with Johnny (Bingo's view), it turns out Tre had no clue in reading the player/agent. Isn't that one of the central aspects of Tre's job?
3) Not only did Tre mis-read every aspect of the negotiation, his offer to Johnny was made public so, the org is further humiliated by a player taking $15MM less and not going home. Calgary as a destination for players/agents has to be at an all time low.
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If you hate Tre and want him gone, I guess you can spin your all your arguments to support your position, which is what you just did. What you just said makes absolutely no sense logically.
I'm speculating, but I think Johnny and Gross overplayed their hand going to market, and they burned their bridge with Calgary by officially notifying Tre that he wasn't coming back.
You talk about the Flames humiliating Johnny? Johnny would have humiliated himself by crawling back to the Flames.