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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
1) Hey may have been either dishonest or indecisive, either way Johnny's choice to not sign last off-season / negotiate during the season eventually screwed us. I'd like to address this statement from you:
"That’s why Calgary was still in the mix at all, because this was Johnny’s preferred (realistic) destination"
And reply to it with another statement from you:
"You must be new to professional sports because rarely do you get honesty in this business".
Some people (not you) have been saying things like would you trade Johnny after his great season? Well using hindsight I could rephrase that question like "would you trade Johnny after we got stomped by our biggest rivals in round 2?" Either way, any assets for Gaudreau that could have been recouped would be better than what he set us up to get.
What Gaudreau did is still a step up on Fox, and I do appreciate his play and enjoyed his time while he was here, but it has been greatly soured by his / his agents actions this last year and especially last week. He will be booed by me and I'm quite sure by many others. And much like he earned the right to leave as a UFA, his actions have earned the booing he will get.
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Johnny did screw us in a way, but the only part that I can see was purely his fault was when he reneged on the 8x10.5 demand when the Flames matched. That happened on the last day. So the only thing he screwed us out of was compensation from a team who wants to sign him to an 8th year. That's what, a 4th round pick maybe? The Oilers offered draft picks to the Leafs to sign Hyman to an 8th year, but the picks were so worthless that the Leafs said no thanks.
Any other worth we could have gotten for Johnny (or time to pivot) before Tuesday was in Treliving's hands. He took a risk that did not pay off.