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Originally Posted by CanadaMatt
It’s ironic. The reason the team needs Stone is because Neal hasn’t worked out as expected. The reason we can’t get Stone is, in large part, due to Neal’s contract...
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Your other post history not withstanding, this is exactly the problem.
The Flames have a buyout candidate on a freshly minted 5.5x5 deal.
You can't be a cup contender and pay 4th liners 5+ million unless you're tampa and have a bunch of 90 point players on elcs. And even then, they are desperately trying to move that deal as well.
Right now, Neal is screwing everything up: trades, acquisitions, icetime, line combinations.