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FiveSeven · 07-19-2019, 10:53 PM

Well, I do acknowledge that it's more likely that Neal has a comeback. I think there is still a high possibility that Lucic isn't nearly as useless as portrayed by most. He was good the first season there. Since then they haven't been playing many meaningful games and I'm sure it's been hard to stay motivated. Plus he's been playing in Edmonton....We've seen the roster...He will join a more favorable situation. He changed up his whole offseason approach. He's 100x more physical than Neal, he's better analytically, he brings an element the Flames dearly needed while getting rid of the black hole. Essentially hitting two birds with one stone IMO.

The perspective of it being garbage for more 'fitting' garbage makes it a fine trade to me. Him being @ 5.25 and having them having Neal @ 6.5 makes me like it even more, slightly. If Neal couldn't play with Johnny who creates tons of time and space, how can he be expected to play with North-South McDavid? If he isn't on the first line then he will be with teammates worse then he was with here. I wouldn't be shocked if Lucic put up more points.

07-19-2019, 10:53 PM	#1219
FiveSeven Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Holland Exp:	Well, I do acknowledge that it's more likely that Neal has a comeback. I think there is still a high possibility that Lucic isn't nearly as useless as portrayed by most. He was good the first season there. Since then they haven't been playing many meaningful games and I'm sure it's been hard to stay motivated. Plus he's been playing in Edmonton....We've seen the roster...He will join a more favorable situation. He changed up his whole offseason approach. He's 100x more physical than Neal, he's better analytically, he brings an element the Flames dearly needed while getting rid of the black hole. Essentially hitting two birds with one stone IMO. The perspective of it being garbage for more 'fitting' garbage makes it a fine trade to me. Him being @ 5.25 and having them having Neal @ 6.5 makes me like it even more, slightly. If Neal couldn't play with Johnny who creates tons of time and space, how can he be expected to play with North-South McDavid? If he isn't on the first line then he will be with teammates worse then he was with here. I wouldn't be shocked if Lucic put up more points. __________________ Crypto/AI Developer.