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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
TBF, if he said the bolded and ended up with this CBJ deal, Gross would look like even more of a jackass.
There's more evidence that the door wasn't closed than of any ultimatum. I recall "don't anticipate that happening" from Tre...do you have anything stronger? Do you think his [alleged] ghostwriter completely invented that bit about 7 years with CGY?
All of those quotes support multiple scenarios, including where things get close but just don't happen. None of them exclusively support the idea that Johnny told Gross to give an ultimatum and then reneged. We have exactly 1 piece of evidence supporting that scenario - the CP post (which I reiterate seemed to be a 3rd hand account at best).
Everything else is innuendo - "The Flames thought a deal was going to get done." that can certainly be used to connect many different dots that may or may not actually be there. We know Gaudreau yanked the 'deal' at the end. We don't know what that actually means - there are dozens of plausible fail points.
I just watched an interview where Steinberg concluded with "he really did do nothing wrong when it's all said and done." https://youtu.be/DlpbOls1g6E?t=592. A pretty significant difference from his high-school gossip session with Francis that you're quoting. |
He did nothing wrong per the CBA.
I watched the same Treliving presser everyone else did. Watch how he said things as well as what he said. Everything points to what was said in that unsolicited, very detailed, post here.