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Originally Posted by Jiggy
I don't think Johnny thought the Flames were cheap. The red carpet was rolled out for him and his family when he was part of the organization. To a point where some of his teammates were getting annoyed with it.
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Take it for whatever little it's worth, but I've enountered alternative takes.. that the Flames going back to the negotiations for his six year deal were penny-pinching in unflattering ways, things like making his family come into a super 8 motel, and just the general abuse of the no-offer-sheet leverage they had at that time, left a bad taste in Johnny's family's mouth, especially as he saw peers given 8 year deals and larger AAVs without being strongarmed.