The Flames managed to lose not one but two of their best players in a matter of just over a week. It's not very often you see a team lose two 100+ point scorers in the same offseason.
After Johnny Gaudreau decided to leave the team in free agency, Matthew Tkachuk requested a trade as well.
Lucky for Flames fans though, General Manager Brad Treliving made a great trade and brought in a player who actually outproduced Tkachuk in Jonathan Huberdeau, and also got a top 4 defenceman to add to the ranks as well.
But back to Gaudreau, the Flames did everything they could to re-sign Gaudreau, but he was set on moving home closer to his family in the United States.
Gaudreau went onto sign a 7-year deal worth $68,250,000 with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
After Gaudreau left, there has definitely been some resentment in Calgary towards him, and during a concert by Loud Luxury, the singer asked the Calgary crowd a question:
Then all you hear is booooooooooo.
Flames fans don't seem to be too impressed with Johnny Gaudreau
(🎥: @loudluxury) pic.twitter.com/2xYQn6NDWU� BarDown (@BarDown) August 6, 2022
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