Quite a bit of whining for a trade involving one plug for another.
Neal had to go, as did Lucic. Flames save money & the Oilers add. Think Oiler fans are going to like paying 6.35 million, essentially, for James Neal? Right. Neal's not bouncing back. James Neal is not about to rewind the clock to 2007. He's every bit of an anchor as Lucic. He fell off the cliff, head first, last year. At least Lucic adds an element of intimidation to the line up, which this group needs and management has been trying to add for some time now.
Also, this means the Flames have Gaudreau, Tkachuck, Bennett, Mangipanne, Lucic, Dube all as LW shots playing the wing. Treliving' not done. Bit*hes....,chill.
I'm reserving judgement until we know what the conditions are on the pick coming back and what this means to the lineup moving forward.
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