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Originally Posted by transplant99
Right...no one shall question the great BT.
Got it.
And the reason i dont like the Lucic deal is because
a) he sucks...and sucks badly...and has sucked badly for 2 1/2 seasons now.
b) There was an out on the Neal deal that does not exist on the Lucic deal. (Albeit one that no one wants to use if necessary, but at least it was there)
I want this team to get meaner and tougher...this does not do that however because the player cant play...sort of a key part of things. 7 goals in 122 hockey games on a team with McDavid and Draisaitl on it. Neal scored that many in 63 last year.
I believe keeping Neal one more year to see if there was a bounce back is WAY more favorable than acquiring a guy that is terrible at the game.
But its pretty clear the vast majority want to spin it into a positive somehow and that Treliving should be immune from criticism for it even though he is the very guy that created it....i dont.
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This take is so bad i dont know where to start. First off 4 years ago if you said second in the league most would have laughed yet here we are so im pretty sure one current bad contract isnt going to have him fired tomorrow.
Second everyones going buyout assuming he would ever be given the option which we dont know.
Also what happens when neal came in was a healthy scratch part way through next season what exactly would you get for him? At least looch can throw a hit instead if a hissy and his underlying numbers are pretty good.
Even the oilers would have laughed at that point if we said trade because at least lucic can bring something other than pouting and not giving a crap. You seem to think neal will have some kind of bounceback and i think your smoking the good sh##t
So let's assume he bounced back and scores 20 playing with mchyperbole. Your making the assumption he would do it here and i don't buy that for a moment even at 90 % off. The coach was done with him so the chances he would be back playing any significant time are pretty nuch non existent but you want to keep him here and hope he somehow breaks all of these cycles, not getting along with the coach, being an outcast in the locker room, as well as being 30 and not having any real skill other than his shot which blew all of last year? . Ok.