[SuperMatt18]

Yeah he really seemed un-prepared for those questions at the press conference. His agent and the group around him really don't seem to be doing him any favours.

He didn't seem thrilled about Columbus to me either - answers felt kind of cookie cutter - that was the look and reaction of a guy who thought he'd be a Philadelphia Flyer today.

In terms of his comments about Calgary...his families comments on Twitter were better crafted and more thought out it seems.

He's never been the best public speaker but you could really see that it felt like something was eating at him a bit as he answered those questions.

With this in mind now it makes it even weirder that his agent went right to the insiders and said "The Flames did everything they could. This came down to a family decision" which I think actually hurt his negotiating position with the Eastern teams.

Honestly to me it points to something going sour in that final conversation between Treliving, Gaudreau, and Edwards Tuesday night. Or maybe Gaudreau had actually accepted the $10.5M offer then something caused him to back out. I have a feeling something between Edwards and him got personal and maybe those rumors of Edwards calling Gaudreau directly that somebody mentioned here yesterday being true.