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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
He seemed flustered and didn't seem that genuine or that happy today IMO.
I think it might have played out one of two ways:
1) In the end he was truly down to Calgary vs being closer to home / back in the US. It really was a tough decision that was 50/50 and he decided to leave which they thought were best for his family.
Somebody made the point of COVID and travel restrictions and maybe they just thought that with a young kid they didn't want to risk family not being able to come up to Canada or being stuck if things locked down again.
But I think he thought Philly would be the location and that the offers would better but in the end that didn't pan out and now he's kind of flustered because he just took the next best option which was Columbus and left more money than he anticipated on the table.
2) That the plan was to come back to Calgary and they were just doing what Gross always does and playing it to the last minute but something changed.
Something does feel weird with how he was talking about Calgary and the organization, he's never struggled to say good things about the organization and city in the past but today he seemed torn and flustered. His family spoke more favorably on twitter.
I feel like something might have went sour and ruined negotiations on Tuesday night.
Just a gut feeling but man it feels like nobody is truly happy with how this all ended. Not the Flames, Not Gross, and Not Johnny
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Has he been heard from? I may have missed it.