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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
A possible trade for James Neal fell through over the weekend and I expect James to be on the waiver list tomorrow for the purpose of a buyout.
Now the Edmonton media is claiming this was the plan all along - I still remember when they were bragging that they won this trade... I'm so glad we got a third round pick from this trade.
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Turned out to be a 3rd and 6th in fact (Whynot and Beck).
This will give the Oilers a $1,916,667 cap hit until 2025. Add the Lucic salary retention to that, and it's more than $2.5 million in deal cap space.
And it only cost them a 3rd round pick to get that cap space. Shrewd move.