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Originally Posted by transplant99
Im not advocating that bringing back Neal was the way to go. At all.
i am suggesting that bringing in a guy that cant play any more and with the worst possibly structured contract to get out from under is an even worse way to go. Again, doubling down on the mistake in the first place. It smacks of a desperate GM trying to cover himself.
Obviously there was a rift bad enough between Neal/peters or Neal/other guys in the room, he had to go.
A buy out would have been preferable than this "solution" IMO. Even better a full 50% retained on Neal for the duration of his contract to a team like Ottawa for 3rd would have been better. Whatever the case....this is the worst possible way to go IMO.
Its apparent many don't share that point of view...great. I hope they are right and I hope I am dead wrong. I have merely stated with data and mosreso the old eyeball test, that its very unlikely this plays out any other way than being a debacle for the club. Maybe I am overstating it, but I expected this team to get better. For me, this does no such thing. I think it sends things backwards to be honest, and now with no real way out of it for at least 3 years and much more likely...4.
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So you're assuming they had other options to move Neal other than trading with a hated rival for a player that you can't buy out?
Seriously?
This whole deal says to me that this was the only trade option available and that buying out Neal wasn't a possibility from the Calgary ownership.
Those pretty easy to jump to conclusions means this isn't doubling down at all.