It's cap management. My guess is that Tre hasn't been able to get the return he wants for Frolik, so he gets rid of the Neal contract for lets say a 3-4m Lucic contract, cap savings of 1.5-2m. With the NMC gone and a lower cap hit Lucic is actually tradeable... wouldn't be surprised to see him moved before the summer is done.
Edit: didn't think about Oilers cap situation... this may actually just be a #### trade. I hope Tre has something else cooking though.
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