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Originally Posted by Bingo
Personally I've never been about players, they come and go. It's the team, the jersey.
I go back to last summer coming off a missed playoff and what I thought of the team.
- Team wouldn't score
- Didn't like the core and wanted to move on
Instead Sutter weaved his magic, we had a bunch of career seasons, won the division, won a playoff round all as a surprise to me honestly.
But this core always needed to change.
Part of me wishes they would have just moved on earlier and recouped assets, but then I wouldn't have had that game 7 overtime celebration with my 20 year old son.
But either way we are clearly getting some change now, and likely a lot of it if Tkachuk isn't coming back.
I think Gaudreau made some mistakes and disappointed the club and probably his agent, but I'm with those that don't see malice, but more just a confused emotional guy.
Time will go by and he'll be a former Flame with some nice numbers and the anger will dissipate.
Having said all that I get the hurt feelings from Flames fans. You're supposed to invest, so you're allowed to be upset. Just keep it classy.
I like change ... we're getting it!
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I agree with all this but I think it puts Johnny’s legacy here closer to Nilsson than to Iginla
Friedman podcast really makes it clear what happened
He wanted to go Philly
Philly never was a player which liked surprised Johnny
Meantime the Flames met his demands and there was a time on Tuesday where everyone (including other teams) thought it was done then Johnny changed his mind last minute. Even counter to what some in his inner circle (probably his agent) advised him to do. That’s why the Flames were so caught off guard
So suddenly he had to consider other options and that’s how cbj became a player
Even Friedman, who rarely criticizes players, says he wishes Johnny had handled it differently
But at the end of the day we’ve talked about wanting to see some change and I agree this is the first domino to fall to get that
I think the bigger changes happen next summer. This year will be a little weird and a transitional year. Could be an interesting deadline if they aren’t in it