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Originally Posted by lazypucker
Mental health or not mental health, if a company paid you to perform 160 times in 2 years and you only showed up for 33, you will be labeled as unreliable, no matter what your excuse is.
No wonder teams (including the Flames) are hesitant to commit longer.
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And it's not wrong! It sucks that he's dealing with mental health issues, but the Flames can't be in the business of handing out multi year deals to players that haven't earned it. I'd rather the team develop a player in his space that is itching to wear the jersey and potentially has a lot more upside.
Maybe he goes elsewhere and takes off, but he's 27 and the odds that he taps into something more than we've seen so far is very minute.