This is another way to leave a city: Vincent Trocheck making a large donation to UNC Children's hospital on way out of Raleigh.
That would have been his perfect exit and cemented his legacy in Calgary even if he decided to move on. His wife, a pediatric nurse and him decide to give back the community that gave so much to him as well, etc. He announces this after elimination and thanks everybody and then makes his plans clear. The city would forever love him.
That would have given Philly and his agent as well much more leeway to make cap space as well as provide Tre a return in terms of trading his rights to the preferred team.
Instead, he made the all too human mistake of being indecisive to the last minute and everybody is in a dumpster fire except for Jarmo.
To be fair, I was a dumpster fire of a human at 28 as well.
Absolutely, but as a professional with an ongoing relationship with your employer you should tell them personally you're leaving.
True, but if you are incapable of doing that, it's better to have your agent tell him than waste everybody's time negotiating a deal that you will never sign.
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Another interesting scenario that I believe Logan Gordon brought up on the Fan this afternoon was Gaudreau's reluctance to have the difficult conversation with Treliving where he informed them he didn't want to return.
Not verbatim, but Gordon speculated on how Gaudreau may have been more torn on having to have that conversation than he was about leaving, and may have put it off until he absolutely had to tell him. Would make sense of the nonsense 11th hour decision that many suspect was made potentially days or weeks ago.
It's really just another thing to consider that has some logic behind it. Of course it would also make Gaudreau look pretty cowardly and selfish.
What you call cowardly and selfish, I call a severe case of anxiety.
I've never been more convinced it was his wife driving this after watching this.
He seems to know next to little about the Blue Jackets, can only name 2 roster players and looks towards his wife constantly. He doesn't even know the name of the kid who gave up his # for him.
Again there's nothing wrong with that and deciding to leave, but to pull that card at the 11th hour is what rubs me the wrong way.
And there's inconsistencies in this vs the presser, he doesn't suggest Columbus was top just that they were on the list.
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Why not? It's not like there was a trade Calgary could have made.
Which GM is going to give up an asset for his rights when he could get Johnny for free.
Well, couldn't Philly have dropped his AAV by adding an 8th year? And if he was traded there at the draft maybe they would have been more aggressive moving out salary. Probably would have been worth moving a third or fourth to get a hometown star.
I strongly defended Gaudreau’s decision to test the market.
With hindsight, I strongly believe I was wrong.
He was deceptive throughout, and he has inflicted severe damage on this team and the strategy it could’ve pursued had he just been upfront.
I’m in the exact same boat. I defended him pretty hard and now feel like an idiot for doing so.
He burned us. But whatever. I was a Flames fan long before Johnny Gaudreau and I’m still a Flames fan after him. We’ll recover, move on, and life will be good.
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I've never been more convinced it was his wife driving this after watching this.
He seems to know next to little about the Blue Jackets, can only name 2 roster players and looks towards his wife constantly. He doesn't even know the name of the kid who gave up his # for him.
Again there's nothing wrong with that and deciding to leave, but to pull that card at the 11th hour is what rubs me the wrong way.
And there's inconsistencies in this vs the presser, he doesn't suggest Columbus was top just that they were on the list.
It does sound a lot like his wife is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Also pretty hilarious the whole situation imo, clearly CBJ wasn't his first choice but he's trying to act as it was.
I've never been more convinced it was his wife driving this after watching this.
He seems to know next to little about the Blue Jackets, can only name 2 roster players and looks towards his wife constantly. He doesn't even know the name of the kid who gave up his # for him.
Again there's nothing wrong with that and deciding to leave, but to pull that card at the 11th hour is what rubs me the wrong way.
And there's inconsistencies in this vs the presser, he doesn't suggest Columbus was top just that they were on the list.
Well that radio guy is annoying. After all of this it would be great to get the full story. This signing still makes zero sense. I have a feeling there's more than one storyline here we won't know about for a while. Just a bizarre decision.
That would have been his perfect exit and cemented his legacy in Calgary even if he decided to move on. His wife, a pediatric nurse and him decide to give back the community that gave so much to him as well, etc. He announces this after elimination and thanks everybody and then makes his plans clear. The city would forever love him.
That would have given Philly and his agent as well much more leeway to make cap space as well as provide Tre a return in terms of trading his rights to the preferred team.
Instead, he made the all too human mistake of being indecisive to the last minute and everybody is in a dumpster fire except for Jarmo.
To be fair, I was a dumpster fire of a human at 28 as well.
That was a train wreck of a press conference. From the first to the last question and everything inbetween.
He pretty much at one point said, anywhere but Calgary. So why all this 11th hour and hard decision BS?
None of this stacks up to even the most minimal scrutiny. Particularly illustrated when even the Columbus journalists kick off the presser with, “Columbus? WTF? Why here?”.
Well that radio guy is annoying. After all of this it would be great to get the full story. This signing still makes zero sense. I have a feeling there's more than one storyline here we won't know about for a while. Just a bizarre decision.
It all makes sense now! He's made a wild decision that makes no sense simply to drive up interest in his post-NHL 'Tell All' memoir book!
Sneaky Johnny....playing the Long-Con...
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I’m in the exact same boat. I defended him pretty hard and now feel like an idiot for doing so.
He burned us. But whatever. I was a Flames fan long before Johnny Gaudreau and I’m still a Flames fan after him. We’ll recover, move on, and life will be good.
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