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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't subscribe to The Athletic but am really curious to know what changed in Duhatschek's mind for Neal to sign here. It's very interesting to me that he was so keen on settling in Vegas, and now he is with the Flames for the next five years.
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I'd assume musical chairs / bluff and a loss.
To go to Calgary for the same term and only 750K more has to be about Vegas no longer having said offer on the table and going with Stastny.
That doesn't take away from the commitment and he seems like the type of guy that will love a Canadian market but I'd guess he thought Vegas would up the dollars on July 1st and they didn't