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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Yeah I suppose that could be the other explanation.
The ultimate change of scenery.
I liked it more when a 3rd was included. That seems unlikely now.
And the expansion ramifications aren't good either.
A real head scratcher.
Would like to hear what BT says on it.
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I think Treliving wanted to get tougher and that he didn't think Peters and Neal could co-exist. This shows just how bad he wanted to get that out of the locker room and in his mind at least could justify that they got tougher.
At the end of the day this is all Treliving's doing. He's the one that signed Neal which has blown up in his face. He's trying to make the best of it with this trade but given how the Brouwer deal blew up in his face I'm still kind of surprised he was willing to go right back to that well. I hope he's learned his lesson here as the Neal contract was extremely costly for the organization as it's netted the Flames what is considered the 5th worst contract in the entire NHL by the Athletic advanced stats and positive value probability of only 6.2%. It has to be noted that Neal was an honorable mention in the article but obviously their calculations concluded he had a higher positive value probability.
https://theathletic.com/1070877/2019...cts-in-hockey/