Are you kidding?
I absolutely loathed Neal's game pretty much from the exhibition season and on but even I can admit this move is just craziness.
Lucic's buyout proof contract coupled with the NMC are the worst aspects of his contract. Only a colossal return of draft picks and salary retention would make this palatable.
Treliving is playing with serious fire here. Neal can rebound with a puck dominant center like McDavid or Draisaitl creating space for him. Why in world would he be interested in helping out the Oilers at all? Madness.
*The only way I could see Lucic helping out the Flames if he parks his rear end in front of the net every shift and creates havoc like Tkachuk. I'm not sure his physicality, toughness and penchant for faceoff wins does enough to offset everything else that he lacks.
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