[Rumour] CBJ make 7 x $12 million offer to Gaudreau

[TBone290]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

You like Ohio?

I'm referring to the "all about money" comments

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by CFO

GJ - sillinger - Laine

Could be deadly.

Ugh, 1 pick sooner in that draft and we have Sillinger right now..

Here's hoping Coronato is a beast at the next level

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by nik-

Why are you so angry lol. This is so odd.

Just because Columbus is closer doesn't mean it's close. This is just a fact.

It is not close. It is a 90 minute flight with only 3 direct flights each day.

If you were to drive from Columbus to Philly it would take you 440 minutes.

You can get from Philadelphia to Calgary with only one stop in less than 480 minutes.

Both Calgary and Columbus can be reached from Philadelphia.

[kaddy]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Blah. If Lebron can go back to Ohio to win a ship so can Johnny!! lol

Well they're pretty similar players in the their leagues right? I guess Lebron is viewed almost a god for what he's done.

[1_Flames_Fan]

Jersey should be offering him 7 x 8 take it or leave it right now.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

Philly is out.

Imagine buying out a cancer survivor just to sign a racist bigot and lose out of Gaudreau because of it.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by nik-

haha there's a pretty big difference between one of the teams in the Northeast and Columbus. You know this, come on.

Originally Posted by Sec214

ok.

I mean, Philly, NJ, NYI he can jump in a car and be there in an hour or less. And he hates to fly.

Columbus is less than a 2 hour flight, true, but add in getting to and from the airport, getting on the plane, etc, and you've wasted half a day. And you live in Columbus.

EDIT: and as was noted above, you don't get to fly whenever you want. You fly when there's a flight. Inconvenient for a little visit. Wanting family during the baby's first years maybe means she'd like her mom over every day or so.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

You like Ohio?

I've spent considerable time in Cincinnati watching baseball,and its a great city.

Not sure why everyone is picking on Ohio, it's a great state to live in.

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

NYI/NJ/PHI are all understandable. If he signs in Columbus for the same money as the Flames offered then he can go #### himself.

[djsFlames]

If he's using CLB to leverage his offer in NJ and it doesn't work, it will admittedly be amusing to see how much money he surrendered closing the door on the Flames.

Hope it was worth it bud.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan

Jersey should be offering him 7 x 8 take it or leave it right now.

Calgary should be saying:

"Sure, you can come back, the term is now 7 years and the AAV starts at $10.5 and declines by $500k every hour."

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Imagine buying out a cancer survivor just to sign a racist bigot and lose out of Gaudreau because of it.

Who is the biggot?

[Fire in the disco]

Doesn’t CBJ need to sign Laine still? Craziness

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

I've spent considerable time in Cincinnati watching baseball,and its a great city.

Not sure why everyone is picking on Ohio, it's a great state to live in.

Well my first post about Ohio said Cincinnati is good, the rest sucks.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Who is the biggot?

Anthony De-Plorable.

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by Fire in the disco

Doesn’t CBJ need to sign Laine still? Craziness

He's their only RFA this summer and they have quite a lot of cap space.

[nik-]

This would get way funnier if Columbus publicly announced they didn't make that offer.

[HitterD]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

I'd laugh if it was Columbus, they are not going to make the playoffs any time soon at all.

Neither is NJ, or PHI for that matter. I think that’s what I find most hilarious about this situation, is that Gaudreau, wherever he lands, is likely out of the playoffs for 2, and possibly 3 seasons. By the time these teams are good enough in the East to make the playoffs, Johnny will be beginning the downslope of his career.

If winning mattered at all to him, he would have signed here and then forced a trade in a couple to three years when they Flames started to become less competitive/ when these other teams hit their stride.

As it stands right now, and of these non-playoff teams in the east are in very very tough to unseat the top 8 eastern teams. There was a massive go between playoffs and non-playoffs in that conference.

If he’s really signing for family reasons good for him, but in the process he’s showing the hockey world that winning and money are less of a priority. Seems so odd to me since he was always such a competitive guy as a Flame, but perhaps a bullet was dodged with a guy who maybe doesn’t want to do what it takes to win

[NOISIA]

Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess

NYI/NJ/PHI are all understandable. If he signs in Columbus for the same money as the Flames offered then he can go #### himself.

Only 7 years compared to 8 though

[JohnnyB]

The very fact that this has come out suggests that he's not getting the same money from from either the Devils or the Islanders. Given his known desire to be near home, that Columbus offer isn't much leverage unless there's a very substantial gap between it and what the Devils/Isles are offering.