Philadelphia Flyers General Manager gives an embarrassing answer about the job being tough
Johnny Gaudreau isn't coming home to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Instead, the star left winger stunned the hockey world by signing a seven-year, $68.25 million deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. In Columbus, he will be together with forward Eric Robinson. They both played at Gloucester Catholic High.
The deal has an annual cap hit of $9.75 million.
While everyone expected Gaudreau to head home it turns out, the cap-strapped, the Flyers never bid on Gaudreau, whose father, Guy, told Philly Hockey Now earlier this week that his son wanted to sign with Philly.
So why didn't they bid for Gaudreau?
Fletcher said he didn't go after Gaudreau because he would have had to move "multiple contracts" to get enough cap space. And that it would have been difficult. #Flyers
But Philadelphia Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher, who during the season said he needed to add more high-skilled players, was unable to make moves to get the Orange and Black out of cap problems.
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