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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'd argue unless Flames were willing to package draft picks to go along with Neal, the only other options would have been worse than Lucic. At least Lucic fills a sort of need for the Flames in terms of overall team toughness. Can you imagine Loui Eriksson on that 3rd line? Would just be Neal all over again.