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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Lucic at 5.4M for the Flames is no doubt terrible but Neal, in essence, at 6.35M for the Oilers is significantly worse. They need Neal to bounce back huge or somehow they turned one of the worst contracts in the league into an even bigger burden. Which is such an Oilers thing to do.
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Not sure paying an extra 350k a year is that significant. If Neal averages 35 points a year on their second line it is probably almost a wash compared to what Lucic brings. Still a terrible contract but it would be a small improvement commiserate with the extra 0.4 percent cap hit.