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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
He said he was close friends with both of them. So he would know.
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Things change and so do people’s opinions over time. I don’t question at all Gaudreau wanted to stay and probably spoke to that behind closed doors but his decision to leave was, likely, driven by personal reasons at the end of the day and there’s not much the Flames or Treliving could have done about it.
Was it a mistake for Treliving to have not signed him the offseason prior when, according to Stienberg, a deal was close. Tough to say. What was Gaudreau asking for? Bear in mind he was coming off back to back seasons of sub point per game production. And if Gaudreau’s not scoring, he’s not doing much else. Also worth acknowledging that aside from the 21/22 season Gaudreau is at a 68.8 point/season pace over the past four out of five seasons. That’s not worth the contract he signed in Columbus. He’ll, if Treliving signed him to the Columbus deal he’d still be getting tarred and feathered.
Evidently people just need something to complain about.