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Originally Posted by GioforPM
^^ Stone had been given permission to talk to teams. But he refused to talk to Calgary (and the Jets and one other team). The only team he went to to talk to was Vegas. No one had any confidence he’d extend here. It would have been a huge price for a rental.
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Is there a source for this? Interesting if true.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
However, how many people called it abysmal at the time? Sure there were a couple, including some weird due that was obsessed about Neal and has since vanished.
And there were some concerns about the salary.
But most saw him as a really consistent 20 goal scorer. Few predicted how badly he would play.
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Yea the CP mood was certainly triumphant, but you'd hope that hockey ops do better at scouting and evaluating than fans. Just dug through the Neal signing thread, apparently it came down to Neal and Maroon. Seeing the trajectories of the two careers since is pretty wild.