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Originally Posted by Meelapo
I feel like I'm jumping into the viper's nest here but....
If the claim is true that it was a family "decision" then lots of the posts here are simply ignoring it and pointing the finger right at the player. Maybe there are other factors involved here that we just don't know about. Maybe his wife has a role lined up at the pediatric hospital in Columbus?
The guy, by most accounts, left a considerable amount of money on the table from Calgary and New Jersey (maybe others?). We can see that his decision was not about money and not about winning - maybe it was a family and human decision. As a husband and a father, I can see how that could drive someone to make a decision that looks illogical to outsiders.
Anyways, food for thought.
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Not a single person would have held it against Gaudreau if it came out that his wife had a job opportunity back east so he was leaving to be closer to her.
Not a one.
What people resent, and will resent for the rest of his career, is being lied to for months, and then finding out that no amount of money would’ve been enough.
It makes the city look awful, that you literally couldn’t pay Gaudreau enough to stay here.
It makes people feel stupid, and used.
He doesn’t get to use his family as a shield now - that’s cowardly. But then, so is everything else about the way he handled this.
He was happy to string along the team in the hopes of getting as much money as possible out of UFA. It backfired, and he now has to go to Columbus.
Which is what he deserves.
He knew that months ago. Francis has been saying he wants out for three years.