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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I really dislike Murray Edwards.
Edit: The one thing I would say is while $8.5M seems like a lot for Gaudreau if you looked at a three season view then Gaudreau was still worth $8.5M. He had 206 points in the previous 208 games and he was clearly the offensive driver for this team. If Gaudreau's ask was $8.5M then you have to think a deal could have come in between $8.0M and $8.5M and that would have been fair even without the hindsight of the next season. Anything above $9M and I would have hesitated - but I think $8-$8.5 would have been completely fair.
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Gaudreau's parents on a podcast mentioned that if the Flames came anywhere to close to the number he was asking, that he would've signed, but instead the Flames lowballed him which is pretty on brand based on Brad's history of negotiating with his own guys.
For me, I was waiting for that extension all summer long back in 2021 and couldn't believe it didn't get done. After that presser where Johnny and his agent said he wanted to re-sign, I knew that summer was going to be their best shot at re-signing him because he had just gotten married to a Philly girl, the cap would be tight the year after and I knew his numbers were going to explode based on how 2021 ended.
There were a lot of potential hurdles on the horizon. Very disappointed that a deal was never made, who knows what would've happened had he re-signed, maybe Tkachuk stays too and the Flames go into the playoffs with the best line in hockey again, *sigh*.