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Originally Posted by TheSquatch
This is an almost meaningless trade, really.
We had hoped for a Neal bounce back, seemingly not gonna happen, and maybe there's locker-room issues or something that meant they needed to get Neal out of town, I dunno.
But I think most of us hoped that if we got rid of Neal it would be to somehow gain some cap space or something if we took back another "problem".
This deal doesn't do much for me, just loads up LW even more, and doesn't do much cap work. So I'm a bit baffled.
But at the end of the day, it's one past-his-prime-and-overpaid for another.
Time will tell, but probably both teams "lost" this trade.
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There is no loss for either team here.
Both guys were terrible contracts, bad value for money
I wouldn’t be surprised if they both improve, Lucic has a role where he slots well (not necessarily full value for the 5.25), but hey, the Flames save 500 K, and don’t get worse
Mind you, Edmonton is now paying 6.5 for Neal