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Originally Posted by Snapshot
That line is more of a miscasting of Neal than Ryan.
And to say Neal isn't "presently even on our roster" is disingenuous, as he would be playing if he were healthy. It's not a situation like Dube at all, where there's no room for him on the Flames roster because he's not currently good enough.
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Neal has fewer goals than 12 other forwards on the team, some of whom have fewer GP, plus two defensemen.
Neal might be on the roster if healthy due to name recognition, but he's very much in that Dube boat of "not one of the clear 12 best forwards on the team". Not this year at least.