Johnny Gaudreau told his friends he wanted to sign with the Flyers

Johnny Gaudreau wanted to sign a contract with the team. However, Chuck Fletcher decided to be conservative (which isn't always the case, to say the least) and not give a first round pick to get rid of James Van Riemsdyk, which would have permitted to make enough cap space to sign Gaudreau.

During the ESPN Broadcast, Emily Kaplan said that Gaudreau told his friends he wanted to sign with the Flyers.