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Old 07-20-2019, 11:01 AM   #1512
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For sure it started with that deal and the subsequent on ice play.

This just digs the hole a WHOLE lot bigger though and for a variety of reasons.

Again this is just a bad contract (Neal) being put on steroids.

Truly feels like a move out of desperation and those very rarely ever work out
I don't.

I think they clearly felt the room needed Neal gone and he would never fit. The Lucic for Neal swap makes sense on most levels save for the contract configuration, and the Oilers not paying enough to make the swap in my mind.
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