Gaudreau spent eight full seasons in Calgary and Tkachuk six. Tkachuk was straight up when he left and said that if he wanted to win anything, he had to get out. Gaudreau was much more diplomatic but taking ten or fifteen million dollars less to play in Columbus says it all, really.
Tough to think of a franchise that is run worse in all of the four major North American sports leagues. We lose our two top guys and bring in older players on long term deals. It'll take a miracle for us to be competitive in the next decade.
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