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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Look at Johnny’s numbers in Columbus he went right back to 0.83ppg so that was a risk the Flames took.
I personally would have never walked him to UFA. I would have had the extension in place or moved him at the draft before his NTC kicked in. I felt that way throughout the entire contract and always felt Johnny was walking after his deal was done.
Brad felt he could roll that dice despite the team missing the playoffs the previous season. Brad made errors that were pretty clear to see on the outside. Not sure why we are manufacturing ways to give him an out for his terrible management?
Brad also walked Brodie and Hamonic (who he paid an insane price for) out the door in a non-playoff year. He pissed away picks and did not pivot to add assets when the team needed a reset. He is absolutely going to use free agency to augment his team again this summer mostly because he traded away all his prime assets for a shutdown Dman and third line C at the deadline.
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Not sure why you have to label a differing opinion as manufacturing ways.
I'm just saying they wanted to keep him, they didn't feel he was worth the ask the summer before, and had a deal to keep him at the end that it sounds like he backed away from.
You're making it sound like the only options were bended knee or trade the year before.
That's not the case, as the accepted deal would have proved that wrong.