Report: Neil extended one year / $1.5M

[Jasmine]

http://www.silversevensens.com/2016/...year-extension

Edit: Now confirmed

[Josh]

I'm definitely OK with this. That's the same cap hit he already held, right?

[Alfie11]

Just like Chris Phillips, Chris Neil is not really a useful player in the league anymore. Ok, he's not useless. He can still keep people in line, and I'm a fan of his truculence and standing up for his teammates. But he's pretty bad at this point in playing hockey.

However, $1.5M isn't too bad and he can retire a Senator. Good call by Murray, personally.

[thedaigle1]

I think he's even taking a pay cut from 1.9 to 1.5 and the staff has praised him this season for coming to camp in better shape than previous years.