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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Well, there we have it.
Legitimately one of the worst moves in franchise history. This could cost us Andersson or Mangiapane.
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Even if the NMC were operative for the expansion draft, there'd be no chance in hell that it cost them Andersson; they'd trade him first. And if the worst move in franchise history costs you Andrew Mangiapane, well, you've had one heck of a strong run from your GMs.
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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Brouwer, Lazar, Neal, Lucic..... not sure how Treliving seems to get off the hook here always.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Hanifin, Lindholm, Ryan, Hamonic, plus hella good contract negotiation.
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That, and "first place in the Western Conference" probably played a role.
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I don't like this. I thought Lucic was under contract for two more years - it's four.
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This was my immediate reaction - "Oh, okay. They're both terrible, so if the Flames manage to get a pick out of it and the salary evens out, they just get out from under their anchor a year sooner". I was surprised to see they're equal length, although when I think about it, yeah, Lucic was signed for 7x6 in 2016. I think I had him confused with Loui Eriksson.
So there you go Treliving, go ahead and flip him for Eriksson!
... In all seriousness, if the rumoured retention and pick are true (based on what I've read in here, EDM retains $600k and provides a conditional mid-round pick, which I assume will be based on Lucic playing X number of games) then I dunno. It's kind of garbage in, garbage out. If the NMC goes by the wayside, they can bury him in the minors, and if you were going to do that with Neal anyway, then it's pretty much pure upside.