I wouldn't have minded picking up Neal, as most have said he's young enough to be a part of the teams potential upswing, but I don't think people here would have liked what we would have had to give up.
Nashville gave up a very good, big two-way player in Hornqvist, something we don't have an abundance of. It likely would have cost Backlund and a good prospect and maybe a pick to nab Neal. Not sure I would have liked that. Backlund is big for our center depth going forward and we likely would have had to give up one of our better prospects (Sven, Wotherspoon) and a decent (3rd or higher) pick to complete it. For a one dimensional winger, it would have been tough to swallow.
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