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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah it’s a lot of cap space.
Not enough to sign star players like 19-point 5.75M James Neal, but we’ll have to manage.
The “reality” is only a reality in your head, which seems like it’s full of that aforementioned fuzziness. Even if everything goes south (and hell, it might) it’s pretty hard to believe this is any way monumental or franchise crippling. Unless you believe Neal was suddenly going to rebound playing on Calgary’s third line again, where he was oh so happy and full of effort all season. And if you believe that, more power to you, but the “reality” is, that it was a long shot.
The only mistake made was signing Neal in the first place, and that’s on Neal. If you can’t come to the rink prepared and can’t bother to show up for your team and put effort in, that’s on you. I’d rather have an overpaid player who cares while putting up 20 than one who doesn’t while putting up 20.
Neal wanted out. Peters didn’t trust Neal. He wasn’t turning back into the “real deal” any time soon.
As far as me being “condescending” or “screaming at others” relax man. You made a silly mistake and I told you to use your brain. It’s Saturday morning and the rain has stopped. Hockey forums ain’t serious business
You’re running around calling everything “spin” and saying nobody should think this is anything less than horrible. Time to breathe..
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I really wish you would quit telling others how to react and what to think and how they feel...who the hell are you?
I disagree with everything you posted. That OK with you? Actually it doesn't matter cause Im not changing my mind on this without seeing something different than what I fully expect too see and how it plays out long term.
To my eyes..Milan Lucic has been one of the absolute worst players in the game for 2 years now. Full stop. Thats why I hate this deal so much...and the ability to get out from under it, really does not exist in any tangible form at this point.
Do I hope it doesn't play out that way? Of course I do. Does it seem likely or even possible...no not really.
He brings two things and two things only... "hits" ( which he can be very good at although a very very subjective stat that the NHL has never addressed properly) and a pretty much buyout proof contract that he hasnt lived up to for 2 and a half seasons of NHL hockey now. 7 goals in his last 122 hockey games. Those are both a big sample size.
Since Jan. 1 of 2017 he has been a 30 point pace guy and the single worst +/- on a team that was horrendous in that department all while logging the 4th most minutes among forwards all for the bargain price of 6 million dollars a season.
There was not a worse player they could acquire in my mind...period.