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Originally Posted by taxbuster
The biggest winners in this trade are the Flames owners. They saved $7 Million in cold, hard, cash. (Plus a small amount of cap relief.)
This is not a "fan" or a "hockey" trade...it's a "money" trade. Pure and simple. The hope (on both teams) is that the savings for the Flames comes with some bonus toughness, and for the Greasers that they get some scoring for what they paid.
One way or another the Flames come out ahead.
Whether we, as fans, will be better off we will need to wait to see.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
Don't be hard on yourself.
This isn't a "man am I excited the Flames have Lucic!" day. So questioning this mess is logical. But to me the action means the options were exhausted.
I can add a poll but what's the structure, I don't want to sway it by having the wrong question or options up.
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I think it has to remain simple, as there's too many moving parts to unpack (the NMC, the rumours of needing to shed Neal due to fractured relationship etc)
Given what we know do you agree the Flames needed to trade James Neal to the Oilers for Lucic this offseason?
Or something simple like that.