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SeanCharles · 07-21-2019, 12:58 PM

I think this was a good trade because:

- we gained cap space

- when Neal isnt contributing offensively he isnt contributing at all and is in fact more of a detriment

- we lost Hathaway and needed more size, grit, meanness in the lineup

- buying out Neal would have been brutal and I'm glad they didnt do it

- Neal didnt seem to want to be here after seeing how he fit in and got along with the coach. He has a bit of a ego so him being frustrated probably wasnt good for the locker room

- if we got Reeves we would have been paying him approx 2.8 mill, so just picture Lucic as $2.5mill overpaid. Neal was completely dead cap space because Czarnik and Dube were both better, cheaper options in the bottom 6

- Lucic seems to have a better attitude and will embrace a bottom 6 role

- Lucic will in all likelihood waive for the expansion draft otherwise Treliving wouldnt have done the move and/or honored him NMC after the fact

07-21-2019, 12:58 PM	#18
SeanCharles First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2013 Exp:	I think this was a good trade because: - we gained cap space - when Neal isnt contributing offensively he isnt contributing at all and is in fact more of a detriment - we lost Hathaway and needed more size, grit, meanness in the lineup - buying out Neal would have been brutal and I'm glad they didnt do it - Neal didnt seem to want to be here after seeing how he fit in and got along with the coach. He has a bit of a ego so him being frustrated probably wasnt good for the locker room - if we got Reeves we would have been paying him approx 2.8 mill, so just picture Lucic as $2.5mill overpaid. Neal was completely dead cap space because Czarnik and Dube were both better, cheaper options in the bottom 6 - Lucic seems to have a better attitude and will embrace a bottom 6 role - Lucic will in all likelihood waive for the expansion draft otherwise Treliving wouldnt have done the move and/or honored him NMC after the fact Last edited by SeanCharles; 07-21-2019 at 01:00 PM.