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Originally Posted by TOfan
I think a lot of people seem to forget the two seasons prior to his UFA season. Below ppg production and plenty of poor body language. If Gaudreau’s playing at that level, I would have had a hard time signing him for 8x8, or whatever was his side was requesting.
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The same people complaining about the negotiations would have had pitchforks ready for Treliving if he signed Johnny to anything over 8.5 at that time.
A lot of tunnel vision for a lot of people. Like you said his body language and everything was bad. Looked like a player who checked out.
I think those negotiations and getting married was a huge reality check for him. He was about to lose a huge payday if he kept it up.
Now that those 3 guys have been separated from each other, the biggest takeaway for me is that Tkachuk was what made things work.