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Originally Posted by zamler
That's all good but don't bail out your biggest rival. This deal seems like it was rushed. Now to be clear this is not a catastrophe for the team, the optics are beyond bad but it doesn't hurt the team at all, at worst Lucic is a bust which is a net zero kinda thing since Neal was terrible.
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They didn't really bail out the oilers though. The Flames took 87.5% of the oiler's boat anchor and gave them 100% of their own.
Even if the oilers buyout Neal next summer, then they have 2 Million more in dead cap space for the next 6 years (the entirety of McJebus's contract). Along with the 750K they're paying Lucic to play for the Flames.