The Neal signing was never supposed to be so horrendous. It was perfectly sound at the time. Neal may have been regressing a bit and overpriced as all free agents tend to be, but we could expect at least a few years of serviceability out of that contract.
Instead he totally mailed it in which is what made his contract infamous. That he got benched in the playoffs by both the Flames and Oilers despite being a goal scorer is all we need to know.
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