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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
Not more than a handful of people think that Neal staying here was a good idea. But to think that trading him for a worse player on a worse contract is acceptable is just silly. Sit his ass in the press box if there’s no other move, but don’t trade for the worst contract in the league. It was lunacy then, it is still lunacy today, and it will continue to be lunacy down the road. There is nothing redeemable about this trade.
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Except after the trade, counting the retention and noting the actual payment scheme it's not worse. Edmonton spends more in both cap and real dollars (the latter in a big way). The only thing worse is the NMC, which we've all discussed.