Gudbranson's career has been such a yo-yo. If you ask some fans from teams that he played for, they liked him, but others thought he was terrible.
You would think that he would have been happy to finally land somewhere again that was beneficial for his overall career, but instead he chased the big payday. I guess I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same, but it's also a bit of a shame at the same time.
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Yeah can’t blame him
He was able to parlay his best season until a fantastic contract that gives he and his family life changing wealth.
Seems like a good dude so happy for him
But glad the Flames didn’t sign him to that
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Yeah can’t blame him
He was able to parlay his best season until a fantastic contract that gives he and his family life changing wealth.
It's a shame he's not going to collect all $16 million. Escrow is pretty steep right now, of course. And if he doesn't find a way to improve his play significantly despite being on a lousy team, he's likely to lose more money by getting bought out.
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Yeah can’t blame him
He was able to parlay his best season until a fantastic contract that gives he and his family life changing wealth.
Seems like a good dude so happy for him
But glad the Flames didn’t sign him to that
Shockingly, his career earnings after last season were $28M, so I think he was doing pretty well in any event. But yes, nobody is going to blame him for signing a huge ticket (likely his last big NHL deal), although I wonder what would have happened if he had been willing to take the 2x$3.75M that Zadorov got. In hindsight, we are better off with Zadorov as a left shot considering Andersson, Tanev, Weegar and Stone are all right shots.
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Yeah can’t blame him
He was able to parlay his best season until a fantastic contract that gives he and his family life changing wealth.
Seems like a good dude so happy for him
But glad the Flames didn’t sign him to that
Yep, when I saw that contract I was really, really happy for him.
And really, really happy that wasn't the Flames that gave him that contract.
Shockingly, his career earnings after last season were $28M, so I think he was doing pretty well in any event. But yes, nobody is going to blame him for signing a huge ticket (likely his last big NHL deal), although I wonder what would have happened if he had been willing to take the 2x$3.75M that Zadorov got. In hindsight, we are better off with Zadorov as a left shot considering Andersson, Tanev, Weegar and Stone are all right shots.
I wonder if Gudbranson gave the Flames a chance to match like Zadorov did for the Flames? Not that I would want the Flames to match the Gudbranson offer, but I really appreciate that Zadorov wanted to stay in Calgary enough to give the Flames the consideration.
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I might be wrong, but it seems that Tkachuk is running amok now that he's free from the leadership group here, who could rein in his antics a bit.
He wanted the captaincy in Calgary, so I believe he believes he is providing leadership. Reading the comments of fans of Tampa and Florida recently I think you could make a case Tkachuk is single handedly changing the narrative that Tampa has successfully bullied the Cats despite their recent success. I’m not a huge Tkachuk fan, but if he gives his team a bit of confidence to not be intimidated by their closest rival these recent antics could pay off larger in the long run. Kind of like over aggressive in a loss of game 1 but an investment in a 7 game series.
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Monahan said that for the better part of three years, he was unable to sleep for much more than an hour at a time because of his hip issues. For every hour he would sleep, he figures he would be awake for half an hour. Every night. For three years.
“I had to sleep on my back with my leg bent up, because as soon I would straighten it, the femur would go right into the hip socket and it would lock up,” Monahan said. “So then I would have to wake up and move around.”
And amid this awful reality, Monahan was expected to perform in the NHL. Knowing what he knows now, Monahan would have had the surgery done on both hips four years ago, as soon as he started feeling the discomfort. But that’s not how he is wired, and that’s not how any NHL player is wired. This notion that there is some kind of difference between being hurt and injured permeates hockey culture at every level.
Paul Byron played through debilitating hip pain for years before having surgery, and now, after some encouraging moments last season, his career is hanging in the balance. Thankfully for Monahan, the surgery has worked and he is able to play the game the way he could prior to this pain taking over his life.
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