04-12-2024, 01:01 PM
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#61
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I think there's a difference between, willing to play here, and being a good pro under contract. I don't have information one way or another about how happy Weegar and Andersson are about being on a rebuilding team. I'm sure they would both say all the right things in the media. That said Z was gushing about how he wanted to be here, and then he didn't. Tkachuk and Gaudreau were very complimentary of the management and fans here, but decided to move on etc. My point is that it's hard to tell which conversations go on behind closed doors, because I bet both players want to win/be on a competitive team.
Finally, players willing to be in CGY for too much money, or for too long is sort of what got the Flames into trouble in the first place. Huberdeau was willing to play here, so was Kadri, or Mang, before that we had a bunch of players brought in because they were willing to play here: M. Stone, Hamonic, Neal, Brouwer, etc. This team needs to stop being so insecure, and play to its strengths as a small market team. Once they build a young exciting product on the ice, players will want to be a part of it, no shortcuts.
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They could have signed Z, they didn't want to give him term and money (smart decision)
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