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Originally Posted by devo22
I'm not going to defend Tre, but it does appear to me that Gaudreau was stringing them along and, despite engaging in week-long negotiations, never had any intentions of staying in Calgary. There's plenty of blame to go around and the Flames better learn from this, but heaping all of the blame on Tre is not fair either. Gaudreau and his camp simply did not negotiate in good faith if he was happy to give up $15m without even going home.
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Gaudreau didn't owe the Flames anything. He fulfilled his obligations to the team and gave the Flames years of high quality play. I see no reason that he would purposely negotiate in bad faith here. If Johnny told his agent that he is still considering the Flames then the agent is going to try to sting things along as long as possible to get the best offer. That's probably all it boils down to but if you want to put on a tinfoil hat and conclude that he did this on purpose to screw Treliving or the Flames then good for you.