don't know if I have my facts right but in Oct 1994 Matt's dad missed some NHL Games...
He was 22 starting his 4th NHL season withe the Jets and as a 21 year old he had 41 goals and 81 pts leading the Jets in scoring. He made $196,625 as 21 year old and had huge raise to somewhere around 1.5M (prorated to the 48 game season: 836,571) #56 in the league
The teams all showed up to camp and played the exhibition games. The Jets played their last exhibition game on the coast (Vancouver or LA) and the owners called a lockout. Find your own way home.
The Jets team decided to stop in Vegas on the way home for some off ice training
When Kieth's mom heard this she flew off to Vegas to drag Keith out of the Casino's and back to Boston to actually do some real training and stay out of trouble.
Maybe the Flames should contact Matt's Grandma and get her to get him back on the ice with the Flames.