whoever throws Fox into the Gaudreau/Tkachuk conversation needs to give their head a shake. Gaudreau was here for 9 years and over 600 games, Tkachuk was here for 6 years and over 400 games. Both of them signed and ELC and then another contract with the Flames. Whatever people think about their departures, but they were at least here. They don't deserve credit for simply signing with and playing for the team that drafted them, it's what pretty much every player in this league does - but they don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as the pretentious weasel who snubbed two NHL teams while being a college prospect because it was NY or bust. Fox can go do one.
Me having fewer problems with Tkachuks departure than Gaudreaus probably boils down to the fact that we got a nice package for him while Gaudreau left for nothing. I take a guy being upfront and getting traded as a result over a guy who dithers and ultimately leaves for nothing every time, simply because that benefits the Calgary Flames and at the end of the day, that's all that matters to me. Gaudreau maybe caring more about Calgary and being closer to re-signing ultimately does jack#### for this organization, so why should I care?
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