- Mess up by the Flyers who knew since JG was in his junior year at BC he could be theirs in 7-10 years, which is today, for free.
-Mess up by other even remotely interested teams out east that he could be available and to have space. Maybe he didn't want to play for NJ becuase of his allegiance to Philly. Same with NY. Rivalry matters.
-Massive miss by his agent throughout the process in reading the market
-Miss by JG sticking with Gross after (or before) this.
He won't spend 7 years in CLB, he'll be on the Flyers in 2 or 3 and maybe that's part of the play here...go somewhere closer to home, get the big contract, play a couple years in anonymity and then make a move to Philly when they have their house in order.
It's the only explanation, I can't see him agonizing over his Flames legacy or closer to family meant so much if it was CLB he targetted the whole time.
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