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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The difference is that Hamonic made sense on paper and just turned out to be a lesser player than thought, which was unfortunate.
Neal made sense on paper BUT the issues he had and which became a problem were known - not in stats, but if someone did any digging into off-ice reports. That lack of due diligence is a problem.
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That’s fair but still regarding Hamonic he had requested a trade to western Canada and was coming off a bad year and still got an absolute premium in return. I think this was a result of Treliving having tunnel vision on a player and doing what it took to get him. I don’t mind that approach for the right player but not a stay at home second pair D.
I was excited about both deals when they happened. I assumed Hamonic gave the Flames 2 legit top pairings on the backend and I thought Neal added a 30 goal threat in our top 6 forwards.