After a fantastic season for the Calgary Flames and Johnny Gaudreau, the team nervously awaits his decision as they hope the star stays
What’s especially worrisome is if Johnny skedaddles, it won’t seem nearly as appealing for his first-line sidekick, Matthew Tkachuk, to ink a long-term extension. Tkachuk will undoubtedly be qualified Monday as a restricted free agent, but a one-year deal would walk him right to the open market.Article contentFlames general manager Brad Treliving insisted after the 2022 NHL Draft that he remains optimistic about getting Gaudreau’s signature on a new contract.
Thing is, as the countdown to the annual free-agent frenzy has dwindled from weeks to days and soon to hours, no news is bad news for the Flames. They’re on the brink of losing their big advantages — exclusive negotiating rights and the ability to offer an eight-year pact. Article content Can the Philadelphia Flyers convince him there’s no place like home? Gaudreau hails from Carneys Point, N.J., just across the Delaware River from the City of Brotherly Love.Can the Seattle Kraken, with a stash of hot-shot forward prospects, sell him on the idea that their team trajectory looks a lot like the Space Needle?Article content
The trouble for the Flames, the reason Treliving would likely be feeling less nervous if he was waiting in line for the Mega Drop on the Calgary Stampede midway, is that guys like Gaudreau don’t come around too often. Gaudreau said all the right things during his end-of-season interview, boosting optimism that he’d be staying put, that perhaps lucky No. 13 would someday hang from the rafters at the Saddledome.
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