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it's one of the worst sequences of events in the history of the organization.
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Man, I find this really hard to believe. I can think of many worse sequences right off the top of my head.
- Trading up to draft Kidd instead of Brodeur
- Trading Brett Hull
- Trading Savard for Zainullin and then firing Gilbert anyway
- Waiving Byron to keep Bollig
- Trading a first and second for Cammalleri and then letting him walk (twice)
- Drafting Rico Fata and Daniel Tkaczuk in consecutive drafts
- Ryan O'Reilly
- Martin St. Louis
- Gilmour for Leeman, obviously
By comparison, this feels so inconsequential. Both guys involved were depth pieces. There was no acquisition cost to get Neal in the first place. They're both old players and their future value is likely negligible.