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Originally Posted by keenan87
I do understand what you are saying. However, it's not like Grabner had a very good season either with 16 points in 41 games. Both players are also the exact same age.
Grabner's Career PPG: 0.45 (167 goals in 594 games)
Neal's Career PPG: 0.67 (270 goals in 766 games)
I consider Grabner and Neal cap dumps at this point. Weirder deals have happened in the past and maybe the Coyotes can look to Neal as being the veteran on the team who has made the playoffs before. Not a lot of Coyotes players have done it much before. Maybe the Flames can add a prospect like Ruzicka too.
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Sure they are cap dumps, but Grabber is way cheaper and for less years. There may be some teams that even consider his contract not all that bad.
Grabber's year was stellar compared to Neal's. And Neal's benching in the playoffs kinda makes that playoff experience thing non-existent.
Their career averages at this stage are largely irrelevant. Neal ain't playing with Crosby anytime soon.
With Arizona always being a budget team, they aren't adding bad payroll without a huge draft pick coming back.