Seravalli: Gaudreau has informed the Flames he will not return

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Johnny, Brodie, Gio gone for free. Tkachuk probably to join.
Monahan injured to a point of no value.
Absolutely shocking how the core from recent years has ended up.

Gio I don’t mind as much because we had to lose someone to Vegas and Gio has seen better days. Mony is a freak of nature accident so it’s largely out of our control.

But imagine where we’d be with strong packages for Johnny and Brodie? Damn I hate to even wonder. Franchise could be set for a long time.

Now imagine ownership didn’t let Tre waste picks on Hamonic.

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

https://twitter.com/user/status/1547029456337997824

So they used Calgary to build a UFA number and market for him… feels brutal man.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

I'm honestly not that upset. Johnny is a magical player to watch. And Johnny is better than Tkachuk. But Johnny is also older.

Having $20m tied up on two wingers is not a recipe for a Stanley Cup. The flames now have one less franchise winger, but also have an additional $10m in cap space. A year from now, Lucic and Monahan will be off the books. And if the flames can target a franchise center, they'll be a stronger team in 2023-24 than they were this year.

"Franchise" players almost never go UFA in their Prime, so good luck finding a Franchise center available.

The only way that happens is via tank/draft and the Flames probably wont do that.

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by Super-Rye

I wonder if he wants the team to move forward.

Plan A: Sign Gaudreau
Plan B: Alcohol lobotomy
Plan C: #### the bed
Plan D: Goodrow is a hominem...wait, he's signed until 2027?
Plan E: Ask Sutter what to do
Plan F: Tender resignation

[Moneyhands23]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Ha ha Will Nault is going to be annoying tomorrow.

Well hopefully it'll be his last day as well

[browna]

Originally Posted by VilleN

I think Johnny strung him along. He seems like he is seething under all the niceties.

Maybe a bit of that, but Trelving also was emotional about talking how good of a player he was, and voice cracked and had to bite his lip.

All sorts of emotions in his head.

[Aleks]

Exciting times! I for one would love to see a new team come together. It's time!

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Matty81

I like Pat but he is full of crap here, Johnny magically needed every second right up to free agency to make this decision is BS.

Pat's always been a good company man. In his position given how cutthroat his industry is I don't blame him. Last thing the Flames organization and ownership want to hear right now is local media criticizing them for this.

[Redlan]

He is now dead to me.

[PaperBagger'14]

Brad looked deflated through the whole presser. He talked a lot about having a plan and no knee jerk reactions, but I honestly don't think he has a clue what to do tomorrow.

He said they won't be going out to replace Johnny but really what the hell else do you do? Rebuild is off the table (according to many posters here), mediocrity will continue to cripple the franchise and we still have many pieces with value, enough to put us in 13th overall purgatory.

[EVERLAST]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I am stunned brad did not reveal his plan b in this presser.

Let’s see what the next few days bring

Plan B!!!!!????
This guy hired gluegun and didn't interview another ####ing candidate!!!

Then he hired Bill f ing Peter's ffs

[Manhattanboy]

Don’t blame Tre at all. Or the owners.

Johnny ####ed us and can #### off as far as I’m concerned.

Will I be renewing my season tickets? Absolutely. I love the Flames.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by browna

Treliving almost lost it there for a second.

He's taken this personally.

Hopefully he’s mad enough that he won’t let the Flames get screwed by Tkachuk too. Make the tough decision, Treliving. Tear the bandaid off.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by VilleN

I think Johnny strung him along. He seems like he is seething under all the niceties.

Tre should, have just forced him to sign. Going UFA is ####ing standard for star players.

[Mr.Coffee]

Tre and the management team should be fired now.

[Geeoff]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

https://twitter.com/user/status/1547029456337997824

Man and I liked Guy Gaudreau too

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

So they used Calgary to build a UFA number and market for him… feels brutal man.

That's the game. Flames fans simply haven't been accustomed to many elite players leaving in free agency. Happens every year to a team or two. It's always more fun as a fan from afar in situations like this but when it happens we should remember that a fanbase is getting crushed. This year it's our turn.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Are you saying that without Johnny we would not have made the playoffs? Doesn’t say much about what next year will look like.

If they had traded Gaudreau, that would have forced them into a rebuild. That means no Coleman signing, no Zadorov or Gudbranson, and likely other pieces missing as well.

But since all true and loyal Flames fans want the team to miss the playoffs as badly as possible so they can watch the team lose the draft lottery and maybe get to pick 6th again, what exactly are you complaining about?

[CGY12]

Originally Posted by cannon7

So you throw away our playoff chances last season for magic beans?

Yes, considering the failures of the current core in the playoffs, I have no qualms and believe its the responsible thing to do as a management team to be firm and give him a date to either commit or not and if he doesn't do that you move on. They were coming off a missed playoff year with him last year, they lost twice in rd1 the years prior to that. It may not be the popular decision amongst the masses at the time, but we need leaders who can make tough important decisions like this.

Instead we are stuck with this, losing a player of that caliber for absolutely nothing. We've seen it before with other key members leaving for nothing or diminishing value cause you hold on way to long and get nothing. Its the main reason this team hasn't accomplished much in so very long. I'm extremely disappointed as a die hard Flames fan and it has nothing to do with Johnny, it all has to do with ownership and management.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Don’t blame Tre at all. Or the owners.

Johnny ####ed us and can #### off as far as I’m concerned.

Will I be renewing my season tickets? Absolutely. I love the Flames.

*Flames organization once again loses assets for nothing (or next to nothing)*

Fans: "This obvious trend is the players fault."