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Originally Posted by Freeway
Gaudreau was publicly adamant he wanted to be a Flame after being drafted, signed twice with the franchise and it took arguably a perfect storm of non-hockey factors to lure him away from Calgary in 2022.
And even if you want to say he burned the team, he played nine seasons for the Flames. It's hard to say they didn't get value out of that 4th round pick.
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Totally. I have nothing but the utmost respect for Gaudreau. He gave us his best years and didn't owe the Flames anything at that point. The guy wanted to try somewhere else, and nothing wrong with that. His reasons are his own and I never cared about the why. I wish the asset was managed differently, but that wasn't Gaudreau's job.