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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
If the Flames had bought out Neal, the Oilers would still have lucic, the Flames would have cap space and Neal woulddn't be a distraction.
Instead, the Flames have no cap space, the Oilers get out from under Lucic and Neal is still a distraction even though he's not even on the team anymore.
Initially I wanted to see the merit in the trade as well, dufus for dufus yadda yadda yadda, but the more I thought about it, the more it became clear to me that this was a really, really bad decision by Flames management.
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Treliving certainly hinted that buying out Neal wasn't an option.
I think that might have been his plan A