Wonder if they were afraid of another holdout.
Brady’s holdout cost him a couple games. But you also miss out on training camp and the team doesn’t come out firing right away. Especially a team with a major change like losing Gaudreau requiring new line combinations. Of course the player can take some time to find their footing too.
Worst case scenario for the Flames is Tkachuk sucking and leaving next year, I guess this limits Tkachuk sucking because he missed out on pre-season.
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