Have to start looking at the kind of players the flames have already and how they need to be complemented by other types of players. Kessel does not fit with the flames core going forward. He's most effective if he is the guy carrying the puck up the ice and into the zone. Problem is... That can be said of Bennett and gaudreau too. And I would rather those be the guys the flames develop their play around instead of kessel.
I think a guy like James Neal is the kind of player that the flames need to complement the gaudreau's and bennetts. Thankfully, I think they have one of those guys in the system already with poirier.
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