Since the Calgary Flames were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, we’ve gotten a lot of really thoughtful, smart questions for our weekly mailbag segment here at FlamesNation. As you can imagine, most of those questions have centred around what the Flames – a very good hockey team in 2021-22 – will do this off-season to hopefully remain a very good team in 2022-23.
But for better or for worse, the club’s entire approach to the off-season depends on what Johnny Gaudreau decides to do: whether he stays a Flame or signs elsewhere.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: the Flames would really like to keep Gaudreau for the rest of his career.