News Anchors Have A Little Fun Amidst Johnny Gaudreau Free Agency Drama

Johnny Gaudreau leaving the Calgary Flames has sent shockwaves through Western Canada.

Their favorite fifth-round draft pick has left for the sunny shores of Columbus, Ohio (fact check there are no shores in Columbus, Ohio, there’s barely any sun). Columbus is basically like Calgary, just fewer cowboys, less oil, and slightly less snow.

One Calgary newscaster reacted to Johnny G’s decision in true Canadian fashion, by being passive-aggressive. When asked if he would be on a later broadcast he responded “unless a news station in Columbus offers me less.”

News anchors have had some fun with Gaudreau choosing the Blue Jackets.

That was a direct comment on the reported news the Flames offered Gaudreau substantially more money than the Columbus Blue Jackets. You can see the video below:

The good people in Ohio’s capital had a sense of humor. Then again, it’s not hard to smile and laugh when you came out on the winning side of one of the NHL’s biggest free agency splashes ever.

A Columbus news station responded by offering the Calgary newscaster “less money” with a giant promotional check and all. You can’t turn down a giant fake check !!!

Unlike what Gaudreau did to the New Jersey Devils’ offer, Brown actually responded via Twitter. If Brown needs some advice, maybe he should take a page out of Gaudreau’s playbook.

He should wait to see if a Philadelphia news station would offer him a job. He should talk about how he’s always wanted to be a newscaster in Philadelphia and tell his friends he’s signing there.

That is until the newscaster in Philadelphia decides to overpay for an offensive defenseman newscaster from Carolina and they can’t get under the newscasting salary cap.

Andrew Brown is laughing through the pain. Fox 28 Columbus is laughing out of celebration. Johnny Gaudreau is laughing through his Philadelphia Flyers-loving tears.

Sometimes fans have a sense of humor about the business dealings of the NHL. In this case, that includes hockey fans who work in their city’s media and news stations.