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

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Jetfire

Gaudreau setting up Laine is going to be something though.

If Laine isn't too busy skating through his own tears.

[CF84]

This is so gross.

[Calgary Highlander]

I think Gaudreau has a crappy agent. Overplayed his hand with Calgary thinking he’d go back to NJ/Philly, both of those teams were either out or negotiating him down. Columbus gets wind of NJ’s best offer and lowers their own.

JG left with a below market value contract in a second tier City and not even all that close to his family. Just not well planned by JG and his rep at all.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

His biggest mistake was probably announcing that he was taking Calgary off the table. Seravelli was on 960 earlier saying that talks with NJ had hit a snag of some type, and I wonder if NJ knew they were the only player in town and used it as leverage to not budge. That may have made Johnny angry, and now he was stuck without an option.

Had he and his agent said Calgary is still in play, he could have leveraged it properly.

Woof. Really gotta point fingers at the agent here imo.

[nixon45]

Hope he never gets another sniff of playoffs. Enjoy Columbus you ____________.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by P-DAZZLE

If the offers weren't there, why not circle back to the Flames. This is all absolutely ridiculous.

He probably tried, and they justifiably told him to #### off back to Ohio.

[OptimalTates]

He never struck me as particularly smart. I assume he think he's meeting back up with Tkachuk when he signs with the Columbus Blues next season.

[mile]

Originally Posted by devo22

nah, this doesn't hurt me one bit. On the contrary, I think it's hilarious. He takes less money, ####s on his legacy, doesn't even get to go home (which was his priority, wasn't it) ... and he goes to Columbus. Lol. I didn't expect this to turn into something funny, but all I can do is laugh at this.

Was sad yesterday and today... until now.

lol


Can't help but laugh

[bubbsy]

Weird.... I didn't realize colombus is near Philly.

He wanted to be on the EST side of the US. I now am pretty certain cgy wasn't really a possibility.

I hope that the flames realize that they cannot go into the season with tkachuk on his expiring deal. If the team is mediocre but in a playoff spot, they're stuck holding onto him thru the deadline.

I also hope that the flames are being hasty with the tkachuk deal. If a deal isn't there, hope to dangle him now, while the team's that are shopping haven't all made their big offseason swings already.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Wow. I am without speech. Not many suitors, I guess?

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Fischy13

If he actually countered an offer to Calgary, he was of the mindset he was staying. You don’t counter unless you want to be there. Period. Brad, you didn’t move heaven and earth and do all you could. A counter, could have been signed and sealed. He’d be a Flame. This is such bs from both.

The way this played out, I doubt he ever gave the Flames a formal counter. This summer or last.

[Pliddy]

At this rate Johhny's agent would be lucky to sign Shoresy

[Cycling76er]

Originally Posted by P-DAZZLE

If the offers weren't there, why not circle back to the Flames. This is all absolutely ridiculous.

Because it wasn't about money.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Did someone forget to tell JG that Jack Hughes is the top center for the New Jersey Devils because how do you choose Columbus over NJ? Unless NJ was never involved?

[AustinL_NHL]

So Johnny apparently left $15.4M on the table from Calgary to go closer to home... to Columbus???

What am I not understanding???

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by memphusk

If Laine isn't too busy skating through his own tears.

This was a good laugh, I needed that.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I think we can safely say that servellis 12m dollar report was complete bs

Obviously. Probably leaked by his Johnny's agent in desperation to try and drive up the price.

[dissentowner]

Wants to be close to home, signs 7 hours away. What a clown.

[united]

Originally Posted by united

Have cautiously posted this a few times previously, but don’t discount the impact Treliving’s treatment of Gaudreau and Mangiapane in their respective RFA negotiations, exile of Michael Frolik, or treatment of Giordano with the expansion draft, has on situations like this. You may not agree, and certainly much more went into this decision, but people (players) don’t forget. Fact.

#### around and find out. Posters who have a vested interest in supporting the Flames at all costs won’t like it, but it is what it is. By the way, forgot to mention the Brodie situation in the post.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

He probably tried, and they justifiably told him to #### off back to Ohio.

Now this I can get on board with.