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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Jiri, how is acquiring a worse toxic asset not a separate, calculable mis step?
Neal is the original mistake, yes. Adding Lucic, who today has significantly less value than Neal, is a separate, awful mistake.
The flames are in a worse position today with Lucic than the oilers are with Neal.
Actively improving the chief team rival.
That is a mistake, filed under a different heading than the Neal mistake.
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He essentially doused a fire with gasoline when he made that trade. There's no defending it. As with the Phaneuf trade history will not be kind at all to this move.