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Originally Posted by ricosuave
I'd like to hear from some of our posters who are fans of other teams...
Landshark?
TheFoss1957?
Cali Panthers Fan?
Any others I'm missing?
Would love to hear your takes on Neal/Lucic!
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Well I'm a Flames fan first by a longshot, so I'm not entirely objective. Out of the Cube is a Sabres fan, Save Me Dr. Zaius is a Leafs fan, White Out is a Jets fan. I can't think of any others right now.
Look, this is clearly a trade of toxic assets.
Lucic is toxic because of his contract and declining play.
Neal is toxic because of his attitude and work ethic...and also his contract and declining play.
I'm not sure which team will regret their acquisition more, but I can guarantee each team is thrilled to be rid of their particular toxic problem.
It's not so much that I hate the trade because it's logical to some degree. I hate the fact that James Neal turned into a pumpkin the day he signed that deal. I'm pretty bitter at him for failing to produce even a modicum of the performance that was expected and should still be possible from him. If he performs even slightly well, this deal doesn't happen.
So in the end, I hate James Neal for not performing, for pouting about things, and for necessitating this horrible, horrible trade.
F.U. James Neal.