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Originally Posted by Ferarri
Tree seems like a very strategic thinker and student of the game. He preaches that decisions shouldn’t be made based on emotion or other reactive tendencies. That’s why I’m shocked that this trade happened. Even if Peters wasn’t a fan of Neal, you still got to believe that it could have just been an off year and he would find his game again.
I don’t buy the argument that this trade benefited both teams as Neal would never perform here and we gained a degree of truculence. As of right now, this is a slam dunk acquisition by Holland. Fans trying to spin it any other way are just dead wrong. We lost this trade by a huge margin.
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I think there was more to the whole story behind Neal. Seemed the Flames and the players were unanimous to let Neal go. There were no telling comments like, "we hate to see him go etc, etc. If someones having a negative affect on the core, or the team in general; or maybe not getting along with the coach these can be major distractions in moving forward. I am guessing that BT did not make this decision without consultation from players to management, including the owners.