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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Murray edwards is an idiot if he turned down Johnny at 7 years out of spite. There’s a good chance we wouldn’t be in this mess if Johnny signed for 7 years. Doubt they would have traded for hubby.
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There was so much stuff that was reported at the time, that it is hard to know what actually happened.
I seem to recall one report that said Treliving and Edwards had reached a deal in principle with Gaudreau at the 11th hour. When it came down to signing the contract, Gaudreau suddenly wanted to negotiate more, at which point Edwards lost his #### on Gaudreau. There was a rumour that Gaudreau may have wanted to circle back to Calgary if the Philly and NJ offers he was hoping for didn't materialize, but the bridge was burned because of how Edwards reacted.
I do kind of believe this version because even Gaudreau's agent seemed apologetic after the fact and thought a deal was agreed to. It also matches Edwards' reputation.