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Originally Posted by Bingo

Jesus do I have to repost every thing I said?

Go back and look. If I said "I assume", "I think", "in my opinion", "would point to" ... all suggest that I'm not saying there is or isn't anything, but making inferences based on behavior.

That's very different than stating other options are or would be available in certainty.

I've read all your recent posts more than once I'm confident I understand what you're saying at this point. You said:

Originally Posted by Bingo

So you're assuming they had other options to move Neal other than trading with a hated rival for a player that you can't buy out?

Seriously?

This whole deal says to me that this was the only trade option available and that buying out Neal wasn't a possibility from the Calgary ownership.

Those pretty easy to jump to conclusions means this isn't doubling down at all.

Originally Posted by Bingo

It's late July.

This was the only option he had. It was move Neal for Lucic, or bring Neal back. That's pretty obvious given the deal itself.

What would you do?

And this:

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Uggh. The point still stands. It's mid July of 2019. The situation is not so dire that you absolutely have no choice but to take this deal right now.

Ideally you don't want James Neal at 5.75 come this time next year either and are able to use that cap room more effectively.

Again. Any chance of moving out the 5.75(now 5.25) is now dead, way before it needed to be.

This will be my last post on the topic. You may now celebrate.

Originally Posted by Bingo

How can you know this?

To me actions help make assumptions, and the assumptions made based on this deal are ...

1) they wanted Neal gone
2) this was the only deal on the table
3) from talking to the league they didn't think any thing else was coming along

Those aren't facts, they're my inferences based on the action taken on Friday.

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I looked at my calendar.

Originally Posted by Bingo

You have a calendar that shows the exact time of year when NHL players with bad contracts need to be moved?

Wow!

Can I see it?!?!?

You seem with a high degree of confidence this was the only option, maybe maybe not. Any suggestion that there could have been other or better options in the future are met with, can I see your crystal ball?

Nothing wrong with wondering if this was the best option no need to attack anyone that thinks so. On that subject let's have a poll, do you like this deal yes/no. Maybe I'm in the vast minority that doesn't like this trade, it's possible my hatred for the Oilers is clouding my judgement, but as it stands I loath the fact we bailed the Oil out of a bad situation, never mind the dollars aspect from a morale standpoint this helps them a lot IMO.