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Originally Posted by bdubbs
While I don't have an opinion on this either way, what Frank says here is clearly presented as an opinion and therefore not a fact. We aren't privy to what happened in that car ride. It could've been Johnny with the change of heart regardless of what his wife wanted.
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Why would that make any sense? So what you are proposing is that Johnny wanted to leave the Flames and his wife wanted him to sign there. Why would he want to leave Calgary? To be closer to his family and parents? Nope, they absolutely love Calgary and probably would have moved up here. Do you think Guy Gaudreau told his son whom he trained as a kid to throw away being an all time franchise leader and a legend in a hockey market, a chance to set records there and possibly become the most beloved player in franchise history to move to a non hockey market 8 hours down the highway? No? Me neither. He had stated over and over he wanted to stay in Calgary and then he negotiated an extension until the last hour. If his heart was set on going back East why did he negotiate at all? Wouldn't he have told his agent right from the start hr wanted to go to free agency? Why would his agent feel the need to apologize and why would Brad seem shocked? What you are theorizing is that Gaudreau wanted to leave a hockey legacy for no good reason at the expense of disappointing his new wife and his family. If it was a friend's thing he could have signed with Devil's, they made an offer and he would have been much closer. His wife on the other hand has family and friends in Columbus and it has the best children's hospital which is her career in the US. Like you don't even need the confirmation from the insiders if you connect the dots.