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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
This reads like those situations in movies where some guy falls in love with an escort, thinking they were in a relationship when, at the end of the day, it was always business.
Johnny was “ours” as long as we paid him to be ours. That’s it. His job was to compete, entertain, and participate in the community. That was his job, and while he might have wanted to do it too, he was still paid to do it first and foremost.
He fulfilled every single obligation he had to the Flames and the city. Every one. He came here after college, as promised. He never asked for a trade. He took no shortcuts getting to UFA. All the while, he made the team better. When every obligation he had to Calgary was fulfilled, he moved on to what worked better for him.
Business is business. Fans treat others players like it’s just business all the time, but when a star player treats us that way? Oh, suddenly it was love. Come on now.
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If you actually believe that every part of a hockey players relationship with the fans is a purely transactional relationship, could you post a pic of you in your James Neal jersey? He, by NHL contract, fulfilled all of his duties while playing for the flames. It was always business, right?