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Originally Posted by Sandman
I'm going to get torched for this (I've said it before so I know), but I really believe Francis was right-Johnny's plan was never to sign here, and the same is true for Tkachuk, and the same will be true in the future with Auston Matthews. If Johnny didn't want to be here, that's perfectly fine, but at least Tkachuk gave the team the opportunity to trade him for assets. Johnny looked into the camera and lied several times IMO, then strung the organization along. All I can think about is how much better would we have done in the playoffs if our top 2 players actually wanted to play here? How screwed would we have been had Tre not been able to pull off the most miraculous trade in franchise history?
Sorry if this ticks people off, but I'm still mad about this situation. If he played in the Dome tomorrow with the Jackets, I would boo him. Not sure if I will have forgotten about it come January.
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I don't think you will get torched too bad considering at least half of the fanbase agrees with you
it was in incredibly bad faith for Gaudreau and his agent to negotiate and make demands only to pull the chute when his astronomical counter offer was accepted by the Flames at the 11th hour...especially when his other offers weren't even in the ballpark and didn't include his childhood team at all.
Honestly the entire summer probably worked out for the best but no thanks to him
He left the Flames for dead, probably expected us to be bottom feeders after he left