This years free agency buzz was all about the top player available in Johnny Gaudreau. It's not very often that a 115 point scorer makes it to free agency and teams didn't want to miss on the opportunity to sign this star, well, apparently one team did.
Johnny Hockey signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets for 7 years with an AAV of $9.5 million, while the Calgary Flames reportedly offered him 8 years at $10.5 million, so it definitely was not about money on why he left the Flames.
But it's been reported by Elliotte Friedman that Columbus was not his first choice, it just turns out that his first choice not only didn't want him, they didn't even inquire about him!
It's hard to believe that the Flyers who are desperate to be a contending team were not interested in Gaudreau's services, but apparently that is the case as they didn't even reach out to see what he was looking for.
