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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
James Neal's contract did not deter the Flames from any of the deals they were looking at yesterday. None.
They were aggressively pursuing Stone, who was - by far - the most expensive asset available, but refused to pay the acquisition price (Valimaki). How on earth is that the fault of Neal's contract?
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Maloney basically said one of the factors they couldn’t go through with the big deal that fell apart Sunday night was ensuring they could keep the player they were bringing in. The Flames did not have the cap space to bring in Stone without the Sens keeping money or taking money back unlike Vegas.
Had the Flames been able to see a clear path to signing Stone while not facing other cap constraints with their RFA’s they may have paid that price