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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Has anyone said that. I and maybe others have said he doesn't owe the team anything. No player should be expected to put fans ahead of what's best for them. That would be ridiculous. Maybe if Johnny doesn't post a nice goodbye message to fans that would be disappointing but that's really all he owes the fans.
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It was literally in the post I quoted. "He doesn't owe us anything".
I agree he doesn't, but the fans don't owe him anything either, and criticism or praise, whatever it may be is fine. This idea that fans booing him, or criticizing this move that screwed the team is somehow toxic is silly. He played a role in making this team worse, and the fans don't need to pretend that they are ok with it. I could care less about a thank you post of video from Johnny, I'm not a child, who cares about that kind of stuff. The only thing I'm annoyed at is how he and the Flames handled this, and it sure seems like at the last second he changed his mind and really screwed this organization. Maybe we'll find out more, but it sure seems like he made the Flames believe he'd be willing to stay for the right deal, and obviously Flames management should have had a plan long before the deadline.
I don't think anyone is suggesting that he should put fans ahead of his family, and I've seen post after post of people saying they don't fault him for wanting to play closer to family etc.