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Old 07-20-2019, 09:07 AM   #1402
mikephoen
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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino View Post
Agreed, I think we had better options than trade Neal for Lucic. Waving Neal for his lack of effort would have been a better option than taking on another bad contract. This almost looks like a trade for the sake of making a trade. BT maybe tried too hard to make everyone happy including Neal at the expense of making Edmonton better. If Neal's nose was out of joint while he was with the Flames I wouldn't be surprised if he rebounds.
Waiving Neal doesn’t make him go away. No team would take on that contract voluntarily. The only option was trading it for one of the worst contracts in the league. Would you rather have Seabrook?
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