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Originally Posted by WesternCanadaKing
If any other team in the Western Conference had drafted Johnny, they'd be going through this right now instead of Calgary.
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I don't believe for a moment it's about the Western Conference. I'm pretty sure the U.S.–Canadian border has a lot more to do with it.
If I were in his shoes, I would not like having myself, my wife, and a newborn child on one side of a border that could be re-closed at any time, and both of our families on the other side. If that was a dealbreaker, that's understandable. But I would not tell my agent to spend days or weeks negotiating a deal that contained a guaranteed dealbreaker.
Seems like Gaudreau pulled the rug out from under everyone, including, in the end, himself.