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Originally Posted by transplant99
It's a fact is it?
How do you know that?
Is it not entirely possible that ownership insisted that BT try and re-sign him when BT wanted to possibly trade him?
Is it not possible that JG assured his teammates and/or management he wanted to return but did not really have that inclination?
I mean this thing should have been dealt with last summer IMO and if he wasnt signing...then see ya.
Something prevented/handcuffed them from accomplishing that. I'm going to assume it wasn't management doing it to themselves, so it was another force at play. I think that is a reasonable/logical position...no?
Either way, yes its a bad look...for every single entity involved other than the Blue Jackets. They are the only winners in all of this.
Im not defending BT as a GM here as I think its time for a change and a fresh approach among the braintrust, but in this particular case I cant lay the blame at his feet when the player was literally negotiating to the last day and then turns around and leaves for 15 million dollars less.
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You’re saying that Tre not trading him last year was because of handcuffs…therefore he is not to blame, because obviously he is such a good GM that he would have traded him. That’s a very circular argument. I can just as easily say he’s a poor GM because he decided not to trade him. There’s no proof either way. Can we agree that ‘the Flames’ could have handled this better with more forethought, even if the short term blame seems to fall mostly on the player?