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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Putting Gaudreau in the situation where he was only able to negotiate after the season ended was a mistake. Having a star player who wouldn’t negotiate in-season in a small market Canadian city is far too risky a move a GM should make not even factoring in this player is from the Eastern US.
The summer of 2022 was not shocking at all that Gaudreau walked and Tkachuk forced his way out using the QO. Treliving created that situation himself.
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In hindsight, and with taking your comments about the market .... yes.
But Gaudreau was a 0.84 ppg player the previous two seasons. If he was asking for $10M in that tight of cap you can't bend over.
If the Gaudreau camp wanted $8M before that season, and the Flames were grinding at say $7M then for sure a mistake.