I've said it in another thread, but I think it just came down to Johnny overplaying his hand by going to free agency, after burning bridges with Calgary by telling them he's not coming back.
Columbus was probably not Johnny's preferred destination and he just took the best offer available after NJ, Philly and NYI likely weren't able to make it work.
More I look at this, Johnny and his agent screwed this up more than the Flames screwed this up.
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