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Originally Posted by gvitaly
In general the Flames seem like an organization that treats its players better than most.
That said players don't usually throw teams under the bus. I always thought Gio had some hard feelings about the Flames not protecting him in the expansion draft. D. Hamilton didn't seem like he was a fit. I'm pretty sure Neal, and M. Smith were a bit bitter with their time in CGY. Rittich seemed heart broken when he was traded.
The mass exodus after Sutter got here probably had some players being unhappy here. Z in particular saw himself as a top 4 D and wanted out. The Markstrom trade falling apart seemed like another bridge burned. Bennett was unhappy and asked for a trade under Ward. Guys like Valimaki and Phillips were pretty happy to move on.
Again I'm not sure how much of this is due to how the Flames treated a player, how a coach interacted with him, or a lack of an opportunity. I guess I'm just acknowledging the fact that any team/workplace has several players/employees unhappy at any point in time.
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Why do we say this? They treat the players like 80% of the teams in the league. They aren't better or worse than most of them.
And the teams that will just chuck you to the side when the opportunity comes - like Vegas - seem to be the team that everyone wants to play for.
Its like applauding yourself for doing the bare minimum and then bragging about it.