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Originally Posted by DSIM420
After watching the interview, I have a feeling it was His wife and her family were the ones that decided they had to leave Calgary. I believe that Johnny wanted to stay and is now trying not to throw his wife under the bus.
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If that's the case, I can't blame Gaudreau as much. He was clearly torn by his decision.
But if Gaudreau had made his intentions clearer earlier that family was greatly impacting his decision, IMO Flames ownership and management could have made the Earth move to accommodate his family.
I wouldn't care how: buy them a home and move all of the Gaudreaus to Calgary, find them work, etc.
If you're that serious about keeping a franchise player, you do everything you can to make it work despite those obstacles, and make their decision a little easier.