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Originally Posted by Corral
Not sure what is crazy about giving Neal another season to prove his worth before taking garbage off the oilers hands. There had to be a better deal here somewhere.
Most likely Neal forced this somehow but I don’t have a clue how that came to be. Clearly he told the flames he was not playing for them again after being sat by peters in the playoffs.
No matter how you shake it this is poor asset management and treliving wears this. And to let your arch rival dump their albatross contract on you? Now that is crazy
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It is easy using hindsight but at the time I thought Neal was a perfect fit for the top line. I will admit I didn’t realize how good Lindholm was and you could quickly see that Neal did not fit with any other line combination. He would get several shifts a game with the top line after a PK and never generate anything.
Listening to the Treliving interview today it was crystal clear to me that they firmly believe Neal was not and would not be a fit here at any point.
This trade will look great for the Oilers for at least the next 2 months and we will see what they get when the season starts. If they get the same Neal we saw then this is a huge disaster for them as they will be in the hole $6.5M for at least a year and if they want to buy him out next summer that is 6 years of almost $2M in dead cap and for 3 years it is $2.65M thanks to the Lucic retention.