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Originally Posted by GioforPM
IMO in order he wanted: huge contract from Philly; Some other contract from Philly; Huge contract elsewhere; Monster contract from Calgary; some other contract elsewhere; huge contract from Calgary (arguably this was way higher in priority for Gross and maybe even Johnny but not for the fam). He managed to get an offer of the last one and wound up settling for second last.
I think Gaudreau is pretty unhappy with the outcome, despite the brave face.
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He didn't want to be in Calgary and the agent got him within 750K/yr of the best offer. It's a lot of money, but I wouldn't call that a loss. The agent is a contractor to the player, if Johnny wanted to stay he wouldn't have told Gross to keep pushing and directed him to draft the rumored $80-84 mil contract from Calgary.
It's been talked about a bit, but holy smokes do I wish I didn't have border restrictions and 5 hr flights to contend with to see my family in Alberta. It's like me leaving Texas to be "close" to home in Vancouver. It's not down the street, but there's a dozen direct flights per day (only 90 min), no border restrictions, it opens up a lot of possibilities to see family that I've missed out on for 2+ years.