Johnny Gaudreau had the best season of his career during his UFA year. He chose to leave Calgary and sign in Columbus.
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Below are all the offers he refused:
Can also confirm that Calgary's last offer to Johnny Gaudreau was 8 years x $10.5 M AAV.
So as expected the star UFA leaves money on the table to go East.
Although still a nice deal with Columbus obviously.
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Not sure how much of an appetite the Islanders had to go too far north of $9M AAV on a 7-year deal for Gaudreau... which leaves them sitting at the sweet table with an empty plate.
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The New Jersey Devils offered Gaudreau north of $10 million AAV on a seven-year deal and he chose to go to Columbus.
With Gaudreau reportedly wanting to sign close to home, what does that say about the state of the Devils franchise?
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Sounds like Johnny Gaudreau left somewhere between $15-17.5 million on the table in Calgary by choosing Columbus, depending on final total.
Not sure anyone saw that coming.
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The team at Hockey Patrol was really really surprised with Johnny Hockey's decision. Were you?
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Were you surprised with Johnny’s decision to sign in Columbus?
Yes
283
85.2 %
No
49
14.8 %
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