Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
So the conditional 3rd basically comes to the Flames if Neal returns to the player we thought we had signed a year ago. Why isn’t that much more than a 3rd round pick?
|
It's worth what someone else was willing to pay for it.
If you think Treliving could have gotten more, you're expectations are a little unrealistic. The market for Neal, and his contract, were likely next to zero. If another team was willing to offer more, that's more than likely the trade the Flames would have made.
Treliving moved an expendable piece. Neal was not going to be a top 6 on this team & is a solid bet not to get any better over the duration of his contract. Lucic addresses a team need. Best to look at this how the player so going to improve the team, not just the individual