The math on this:
2021/22: $2,666,667
2022/23: $2,666,667
2023/24: $1,916,667
2024/25: $1,916,667
Calgary gets a solid bottom 6 forward. Even if you think Lucic is being paid twice what he's worth (the dead cap is about the same as the buyout/retention cost in the first two years of Neal), Calgary doesn't get the extra two years of cap hit and walks away with the pick.
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