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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I think there were other options available, had to be, every team has a bad contract or two, I just think the player we'd be getting back would've been slightly worse than Lucic. But if you're not helping out a hated divisional rival, then that might honestly be worth it because Brad will be hearing about this trade for the rest of his life. Neal is the type of player who needs a puck dominant center who can create time and space for him to be successful and Tre basically gave James Neal his dream center who can do that.
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I don't think there was another trade out there for Treliving where he would save significant dollars and dump Neal.
I doubt he really cared what Neal does with Edmonton, they aren't a contender anyway.