Fair. Does it make it right that they sold their asset at the bottom of his value and replaced him with a larger problem? If there's a communication problem between team and the player, fix it. Give him every opportunity to show some potential than deal him. It's the player and contract that the Flames got back that's the problem. The fact that Neal is doing this well, nobody at all could have seen coming. The fact he was better than he was here isn't, and if he was in fact tanking because he was sulking, then a simple discussion to get to the root of it should have been in line with management. I'm totally against trading players at their bottom when it's not in line with their average years. Getting back slow bones at that much of a cap hit was the icing on the cake.
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