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Old 08-01-2020, 09:59 AM   #2292
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No I wouldn't. I would have done everything humanly possible to move Neal and taken nothing back. If Neal was that large a concern I would have shopped Neal and offered to retain 25% and given up our third round pick to make it happen. The smart play would have been to play him up the line up, let him have his hot start, garner a little bit of interest, then dump him at the first opportunity. Do NOT take back an even worse contract back just to get rid of Neal.
If the was doable then the Oilers would have been able to trade him after his hot start. No one was taking that contract.
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