James Neal, who was a crucial part of the Nashville Predators Stanley Cup Finals run in 2017, has just been shipped off to the Edmonton Oilers, with the Calgary Flames receiving Milan Lucic and a conditional third round pick in exchange.
That has to be one of the strangest trades I have ever seen, as it is a swap of two of the worst contracts in the league by two heated rivals.
After all, haven’t seen a trade involving the two combatants of the Battle of Alberta since 2013, when Ladislav Smid headed to Calgary while Laurent Brossoit headed to Edmonton.