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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Which is exactly why it is risky to give him that much money, not to mention the picks. Leading his team (a bad team) in points isn't that big of a deal. Look at some bad teams in the past 20 years and see who their leading scorers are.
There are a lot of question marks with O'Reilly.
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Absolutely it's a risk - a risk that could go either way.
Not following the people who are angry that this is counter to rebuilding though because O'Reilly has fewer question marks than most first round picks because he has played well in the NHL for three years and already put up respectable numbers. Hinges upon where that first round pick actually is which of course is mostly tied to how the Flames do the rest of the season.
No matter what happens, enormous pressure on O'Reilly but especially if he ends up in Calgary.