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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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.
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not to re-hash this for the 274th time, but the asset might have been managed differently if he hadn't indicated wanting to re-sign, only to get cold feet at the 11th hour
but yeah, even if I would say that Gaudreau absolutely burned the Flames in the way he left, he gave them 8 years of great service before that. So even if him leaving for nothing is a cautionary tale, I think his career in a Flames uniform is actually a pretty good example of why that fear of US players burning us is a tad overblown. Personally, I'm really tired of it coming up whenever we draft or trade for an American player. It usually is a non-issue, Brzustewicz being the latest example.