I believe the "core" refers to both people who will be here for a long time and are integral to the success of this team now and in the future. James Neal is not part of the core just because he is signed for five years.
Neal is as much of the core as Brodie and Frolik are imo, if we add Neal to the core then we have to add those two also.
But other than that, that is one good looking core
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