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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Gaudreau wanted to play in the NE USA for travel and family reasons.
He thought 4-5 teams that met the criteria, including his preferred choice, would make offers.
The flat cap meant only two teams made offers.
He accepted one of them. Why CBJ over NJ? We don’t have all the details of NJ’s offer, but there was word it didn’t offer the same NMC that CBJ gave him. Maybe that was it. Who knows.
I don’t see a big mystery, or any reason to hate on the guy.
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Because dicking the Flames around until 11:59?
All the stuff above is fine. Thats not the issue. That was not communicated to the Flames, who thought they had an extension when they met Gaudreau/Gross' ultimatum.
That's ####y treatment of your long time team and if we weren't saved by that Florida miracle, we could very well be sitting here after Gaudreau put us into a rebuild.