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Something will eventually come out about this mess and I won't be surprised at all if a huge rift is revealed behind the scenes. Nothing else adds up. Even if the UFA market collapsed as it did, why wouldn't he simply go back to Calgary at that point on a 7 year deal that was more lucrative and with a much more competitive franchise? It's possible he just doesn't like Calgary, the weather and penchant for the team to fall flat every other year but Columbus is far worse with all of the above aside from the weather.

There's bad blood in the water for sure. Nothing else explains this all coming to a head the 11th hour versus both parties figuring out where they were at days or weeks prior to the deadline.