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Originally Posted by GioforPM
No one knows what Treliving offered Gaudreau coming off of two seasons at something like .7 PPG, at a time when lost of posters called Gaudreau a peripheral, complementary player, and not an elite player. And hardly anyone has said what would have been a fair offer at that time. Why is it assumed that Treliving was the one making unreasonable demands?
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As I said in my long post, that offseaosn I think JG knew MT was leaving the next year, wife wanted to have a baby, and Philly was an option next offseason. Flames had missed playoffs. So he chose at that point to not committ, no matter what the $ was. JG credited Sutter for getting him to work hard and in the right way that offseason though, and did it ever pay off.
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Tkachuk - my sense is that that kid knows how to play media. He says he was willing to take a long term deal, but if you look at what he says, his "long term" sounds like 5 years. And you know he wanted a lot of money. At the time he looked promising but no one saw a 100+ point season coming I think.
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Yeah, he was gone when he signed his previous contract, which put the Flames in a position to have to trade him before playing his last year here. That played out just as planned.
There was zero surprise or drama from the Flames around him asking for a trade, because it was known by Treliving and others for months in advance no matter how the season finished.