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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
But as has been pointed out countless times, the signing of Neal has nothing to do with Lucic. It is a sunk cost.
EE continues to criticizethe trade and Lucic and his salary.
These things have to remain separate.
The signing of Neal was a disaster.
The trading of Neal for Lucic, salvaged some usability out of a useless (and possibly poisonous) non-asset.
EE refuses to separate those things.
Also, EE has been catagorizing Neal as some kind of great player that 'winning follows him around'. It's not just over the top, it's wrong.
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The organization whiffed. I think we all agree on this point including, EE. It never should have come to this, that was EE's point.
Lets not make it into more than that. I don't blame EE for criticizing the trade, it is still early, but not out of the question that it could tilt in the oilers favor. That said. I think Neal is still a spade; Neal came to work for the oilers with his pride hurt and in better shape. At the end of the day is he the "real deal?" ..I think he needs to be gifted situations to mask his poor play.