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Originally Posted by Bingo
While I'd agree if betting, I don't think these absolutes can be stated so confidently.
Neal would be signed, probably three years x 3M if he was available this summer. He's been too productive in the past for everyone to have given up on him.
4 years is a stretch and his current salary is a no go ... but maybe you could get someone to bite if you ate half of it.
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I really don’t agree here Bingo. Some team might give Neal a chance, but a 3 year deal? At $3 million per? That would imply some kind of bidding war. He would get a one year, prove me contract IMO.
Forget about expectations, he was plain awful last year and simply no reason to give term to a player like that.
But if what you believe is true, Flames will have no problem dealing him simply by retaining salary. Which they would happily do.