The smart move would have been to negotiate an 8x10 deal with the Flames with an extremely limited trade clause - Philly and NJ and stipulate that if he was ever unhappy, he would be able to request a trade that was honored.
He'd still be on his highest +/- line of the last decades and doing good work under Sutter and be able get out of things went south.
Instead ... he's marooned himself in Ohio and mediocrity. Good luck.
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