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

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by Matata

Right now:


Monahan + Gaudreau + Tkachuk = 83 Points
Huberdeau + Kadri + Weegar = 42 Points

And the part that I care about:

15. Flames 0.558
17. Panthers 0.556
30. Blue Jackets 0.360

Johnny popping some meaningless points is not something that keeps me up at night...

[devo22]

it's actually comforting. Even a sputtering Flames team with a number of issues is still in a better position than those teams ... just wait until they figure it out.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Matata

Right now:


Monahan + Gaudreau + Tkachuk = 83 Points
Huberdeau + Kadri + Weegar = 42 Points

Now do it for the past 10 games.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by tkflames

And the part that I care about:

15. Flames 0.558
17. Panthers 0.556
30. Blue Jackets 0.360

Johnny popping some meaningless points is not something that keeps me up at night...

had 1 assist while his team got caved in 9-4

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Matata

Right now:


Monahan + Gaudreau + Tkachuk = 83 Points
Huberdeau + Kadri + Weegar = 42 Points

You lost? Shouldn't you be spreading conspiracy theories in the politics threads?

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Matata

Right now:


Monahan + Gaudreau + Tkachuk = 83 Points
Huberdeau + Kadri + Weegar = 42 Points

[Matata]

The Flames exchanged two Elite scorers for past their Prime players on huge contracts and are significantly worse than last year. I don't find it that comforting that they are doing slightly better than some teams that aren't in their division. Right now it looks like the old boys club is back and the most we can hope for is a first round bounce.....again.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by Matata

The Flames exchanged two Elite scorers for past their Prime players on huge contracts and are significantly worse than last year. I don't find it that comforting that they are doing slightly better than some teams that aren't in their division. Right now it looks like the old boys club is back and the most we can hope for is a first round bounce.....again.

As opposed to the playoff powerhouse we were with Gaudreau and Tkachuk

[rhino]

Originally Posted by Matata

The Flames exchanged two Elite scorers for past their Prime players on huge contracts and are significantly worse than last year. I don't find it that comforting that they are doing slightly better than some teams that aren't in their division. Right now it looks like the old boys club is back and the most we can hope for is a first round bounce.....again.

Huberdeau is a few months older than Johnny and is hardly past his prime, neither is Weegar. We didn’t exchange Johnny as he left as a FA for anybody and Tkachuk wasn’t wanting to be here so good riddance and the return was more than most expected, quite a bit more.

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by Matata

The Flames exchanged two Elite scorers for past their Prime players on huge contracts and are significantly worse than last year. I don't find it that comforting that they are doing slightly better than some teams that aren't in their division. Right now it looks like the old boys club is back and the most we can hope for is a first round bounce.....again.

Nostradamus, where were your elite predictions for all of this in August?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Boreal

Nostradamus, where were your elite predictions for all of this in August?

Here:

Originally Posted by Matata

Im honeslty glad johnny left, i think he only has 1-2 elite seasons left (at most) left in him and his contract was mostly going to end up a boat anchor. It wouldve been iginla all over again, convincing fans to cheer for the ghost of team instead of just moving on.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Just think of it as "Matata was right this whole time."

[InternationalVillager]

Last-minute car ride reportedly changed Johnny Gaudreau’s mind about staying with Flames

https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-last-mi...201203965.html

https://twitter.com/user/status/1635692233935687680

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by InternationalVillager

Last-minute car ride reportedly changed Johnny Gaudreau’s mind about staying with Flames

https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-last-mi...201203965.html

https://twitter.com/user/status/1635692233935687680

So what happened on that car ride. Gaudreau wife say she hated Calgary or something? This explains nothing!!

[DionTheDman]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

So what happened on that car ride. Gaudreau wife say she hated Calgary or something? This explains nothing!!

He passed by the blue ring and decided that no amount of money was worth having to see that ugly turd time and again.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by InternationalVillager

Last-minute car ride reportedly changed Johnny Gaudreau’s mind about staying with Flames

Lol...so it was his wife after all?

“I don’t even think it was Johnny. I don’t think Johnny had any issue coming back. I think he wanted to come back,” Seravalli said. “In fact, not to relitigate this again, but the Flames the day before thought that he was coming back. There was an afternoon sort of buzz and spring in everyone’s step as the hours dragged on before free agency where they thought they were getting him back. They had negotiated the contract, gotten to where everyone was comfortable with numbers, and then Johnny Gaudreau went on a car ride with his wife and then called the Flames back tearfully and said, ‘sorry, I can’t do this’.”

[devo22]

I hate this from Seravalli. Doesn't give any fresh insight and will only reinforce those who just wanted to blame the wife anyway.

[dino7c]

Based on how Gaudreau is playing it might be for the best anyway

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by devo22

I hate this from Seravalli. Doesn't give any fresh insight and will only reinforce those who just wanted to blame the wife anyway.

“I didn’t say it was because of her just reporting the facts. He went on a drive and she was in the car”

Gives him snake deniability and appeals to the neanderthals that want to blame her anyway. Real class guy

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Based on how Gaudreau is playing it might be for the best anyway

The interesting thought experiment is if Gaudreau stayed and Tkachuk still wanted out then I wonder what direction Tre would have gone with. Maybe for Necas or something.