Value of: Johnny Gaudreau: UFA this summer

[blankall]

Wasn't Johnny the one who made the dumb museum comment?

The locker room was in trouble. The Flames had some team building exercises. Hamilton decided to skip those and do his own thing.

For all we know the trade may have already been finalized at that point, but the optics aren't good. It was more than just Hamilton exploring his academic side

End of the day trade worked for everyone. Calgary got a #1 centre and a top pairing dman. They lost Hamilton, Fox and Ferland, who had no future with the team. Carolina got an upgrade at defence during a time they were heavily competing.

 

[Smitty426]

The locker room was in trouble. The Flames had some team building exercises. Hamilton decided to skip those and do his own thing.

For all we know the trade may have already been finalized at that point, but the optics aren't good. It was more than just Hamilton exploring his academic side

End of the day trade worked for everyone. Calgary got a #1 centre and a top pairing dman. They lost Hamilton, Fox and Ferland, who had no future with the team. Carolina got an upgrade at defence during a time they were heavily competing.

Thanks for the info, all I heard was he skipped out on a beer

 

[HumanCheatCode]

It can't be 8 years unless he's on the Flyers roster at the trade deadline, which would be weird.

Sign and trade by the Flames, Philly throws them a 3rd or 4th round pick.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Philly's going to take their Claude Giroux money and throw it all (and more) at Johnny Gaudreau. Philly, 7 years X $9 M. Maybe 10. Can you imagine fan reactions if Philly gives him 10 Mill?

 

[C0DITH]

I'll be shocked if Johnny isn't a Flyer this summer. Only way I see this is if Flames resign him before hand, or the Flyers don't offer a contract at all.

Buddies on the team / Home town team / Possible money free

 

[McVespa99]

Really? You want Calgary signing him for 8.5-9M as an Oilers fan?

Yes please. 8 years please

 

[Double Dion]

I'll be shocked if Johnny isn't a Flyer this summer. Only way I see this is if Flames resign him before hand, or the Flyers don't offer a contract at all.

Buddies on the team / Home town team / Possible money free

There's a zero percent chance he goes to Philly. Go ahead and bookmark it. Zero percent. He wants to win. Most likely he re-signs in Calgary. If not, he'll go to a contender that opens cap space. Winning is very important to him and he has never said anything but he wants to stay in Calgary.

 

[Double Dion]

Yes please. 8 years please

I hope so too. Anything 9M or under for 8 years I'd be all over. This is the first time in his career he has played with 2 other 1st line players. The results speak for themselves.

 

[McVespa99]

I hope so too. Anything 9M or under for 8 years I'd be all over. This is the first time in his career he has played with 2 other 1st line players. The results speak for themselves.

Then we will both be happy

 

[Double Dion]

Then we will both be happy

That's true. I know I was delighted with you guys landing Keith and that long term Nurse deal!

 

[McVespa99]

That's true. I know I was delighted with you guys landing Keith and that long term Nurse deal!

Enjoy your Lucic

 

[Double Dion]

Enjoy your Lucic

Thanks. Enjoy your Neal. Wait...

 

[HuGort]

The addition of Toffoli will lessen impact of Gaudreau loss next year.

 

[Double Dion]

The addition of Toffoli will lessen impact of Gaudreau loss next year.

I doubt Gaudreau is leaving. In no way is Toffoli a remote comparable of Gaudreau. One is a complementary middle six scorer, the other drives the best line in the league right now.

 

[blankall]

The addition of Toffoli will lessen impact of Gaudreau loss next year.

If Gaudreau is gone, the Flames should move Toffoli and go full rebuild. The Flames offence without Gaudreau is awful.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Better chance McDavid asks for a trade this summer than Gaudreau walking as a free agent

 

[Curufinwe]

There's a zero percent chance he goes to Philly. Go ahead and bookmark it. Zero percent. He wants to win.

What if he wins the Cup this summer?

 

[madmike77]

I’m not sure what he does. I think he’d love to go to Philly, but the team is so bad right now and he wants to win. I could see him going to a contending team out east that has cap room, but there aren’t many of those. I think there’s a decent chance he winds up staying in Calgary at this point.

 

[Double Dion]

What if he wins the Cup this summer?

He'll want to win another one. Do musicians quit when they win a grammy or make another album?

 

[HuGort]

If Gaudreau is gone, the Flames should move Toffoli and go full rebuild. The Flames offence without Gaudreau is awful.

Their first line pretty good

 

[kerrabria]

There's a zero percent chance he goes to Philly. Go ahead and bookmark it. Zero percent. He wants to win. Most likely he re-signs in Calgary. If not, he'll go to a contender that opens cap space. Winning is very important to him and he has never said anything but he wants to stay in Calgary.

I'll never bet against an East Coast American kid leaving Western Canada.

 

[kerrabria]

Fox leaves for NYR
Brodie leaves for Toronto
Bennett breaks out in FLA
Gaudreau leaves for PHI
What would be the reaction if Coronato left for the East?

 

[Double Dion]

I'll never bet against an East Coast American kid leaving Western Canada.

Like Conroy, Suter, Reinhart and Otto eh? Johnny said he would sign with the Flames out of College. He did. He said he'd re-sign after his entry level, he did. Now he says we will re-sign again and you think he's lying? If he wanted to be out East he could have waited 3 months after College and done that.

Plenty of East Coast US born players still live in Calgary after their retirement. It's the 3rd biggest alumni group of players living in the city in the league.

 

[Double Dion]

Fox leaves for NYR
Brodie leaves for Toronto
Bennett breaks out in FLA
Gaudreau leaves for PHI
What would be the reaction if Coronato left for the East?

Fox was a different circumstance. He said he'd only sign with the Rags from the get go. That's what he did. Gaudreau has said publicly, multiple times and held press conferences saying he's staying here. Tkachuk is a far bigger concern than Gaudreau. He's never said he's staying here.

 

[Kranix]

Johnny is pretty easy-going, just wants to play hockey, he'll re-sign in Calgary. Adam Fox is an uptight loser nerd who would only play for one team.