[Signing] Gaudreau to Columbus (7 x $9.75 million)

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by JurassicTunga12

i just don't get it.

columbus is going nowhere. have fun, johnny....

Neither is Calgary!

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by TherapyforGlencross

So is the Alberta Children's Hospital!

She may have hoops to jump through to be qualified as an RN here that are not necessary in the US where she was already practicing.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Rumor is the Devils offer was $10M + and he turned that down too.

So maybe we are all just missing something about Columbus in relation to Johnny.

That seems incorrect, looks closer to $9M now.
So he turned down home over $750k/year. Turned down lots of money and a better team in Calgary.
Settled on the best of nothing in Columbus.

In the end he didn't get the money or family proximity. Epic fail.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Might be the last one he does too, If I'm an NHL player looking for an agent, and I see this as an example of his work, I'm running far far away.


I can't help but feel right now, that this was a bit of a slap in the face to the Flames by John's camp. And yeah, he's no longer Johnny to me, he's dead to me.

Ditto to him no longer being “Johnny”.

He’s Gaudreau for life now.

[memphusk]

Trade Monahan for Voracek.

[Reggie Dunlop]

She was working at ACH

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by SOMBRI2

So, here is my thought. Without knowing there is a NTC, Gaudreau could still be traded to Philly, let's say in 2 years.

He could have been traded to Philly from Calgary, too.

Either way, if the Flyers weren't signing Gaudreau when it cost nothing but money, it's got to be a tougher sell for them to trade assets for him.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by SOMBRI2

So, here is my thought. Without knowing there is a NTC, Gaudreau could still be traded to Philly, let's say in 2 years.

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Is it even possible that a team would offer him consideration to be traded to a specific team at a later time?

That would be a strange way to entice a player to your organization. But maybe that's what a team like Columbus has to do to land a #1 UFA lol?

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

I don’t think signing in Columbus with intention of being traded in 3-4 years makes sense. It would be an irresponsible scenario for an agent to advise for the client, since you can’t guarantee trades. Who knows, in 3 years that contract could be a boat anchor, Philly will still stink, etc…

[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by memphusk

Trade Monahan for Voracek.

Can't trade an injured player

[tony-soprano]

Originally Posted by NOISIA

How does Columbus afford this with Laine left to sign?

Laine will rack up those pp goals with Johnny and then bolt.

[NOISIA]

Originally Posted by tony-soprano

Laine will rack up those pp goals with Johnny and then bolt.

Columbus has less then 3.2 in cap space now and he’s a RFA.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

She was working at ACH

There goes that theory, unless there was some program with a better position. But nah, CBJ came out of nowhere so it’s not planned.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

That seems incorrect, looks closer to $9M now.
So he turned down home over $750k/year. Turned down lots of money and a better team in Calgary.
Settled on the best of nothing in Columbus.

In the end he didn't get the money or family proximity. Epic fail.

Depends who you believe.

Lebrun had $9+

Todd Cordell had $10+

Either way it doesn’t sound like the Columbus offer blew the other offers out of the water

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by calgaryred

Hahahaha hope you waste your years up there

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Can't be any more of a waste than Calgary if he's chasing a cup ring!

[NegativeSpace]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Can't trade an injured player

Sure you can - Eichel is a recent example. You can't buy out an injured player.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

The idea that it’s revenge for previous negotiations is preposterous and downright stupid. Why wouldn’t he have requested a trade then in the last 6 years? Why would he have re-signed at all?

People honestly think he’s some crazy ass petty loser who was willing to suffer at an organization he hated for years just to leave as a UFA? Lol.

Same goes for the idea he hates someone in the org. As if he’d just sit around and hate life for years on end and then leave now, instead of asking for a trade if he hated it so much.


The most likely answer is the simplest. He gets to play in the east, he gets out of an intense hockey market and he still gets paid enough to be rich beyond his wildest dreams.

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Can't trade an injured player

Weber was traded. I think the team would just have to sign off on it basically. Its not like when Edmonton tried to trick LA.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Can't trade an injured player

Sure you can. See Eichel, Jack.

[All In Good Time]

Sorry
Not enough time to read 34 pages
But
Just want to ask
Have we decided:

1. Is Calgary actually that horrible of a place to play to leave almost 20M on the table to go to Columbus?

2. Did the Gaudreau camp simply miscalculate their value?

3. If the Gaudreau camp actually did miscalculate, why didn’t Calgary offer 10 x 7 today? Or did they?

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Can't trade an injured player

Okay Lucic for Voracek to help their cap situation a bit.