Honestly it would be addition by subtraction if they bought him out this summer.
Its the same money for him to sit on the bench as it is to let someone else play in his place.
Consider it money spent to ensure you can actually protect someone of use in the expansion draft and not have to make a side deal where you lose an additional asset.
Consider it another lesson learned on paying big money to UFAs (yeah it was Neal initially but this is the end result).
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