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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Don't think the Flames are where they are with Neal in the lineup. Easy to see who won the trade! Liking Lucic's energy, grit.
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I'm not sure how it's even arguable at this point... Lucic was brought in for a certain time of year, Neal was brought in to provide secondary scoring.
One is justifying this and the other did not.
I get it, contract blah blah. But the fact is that Calgary can absorb the lucic contract and conditions better than Edmonton could. And so, you can say that in that the context of the contract alone, Edmonton got a small victory. However, this card has not been flipped over yet since it is all to do with how lucic and the team handled the expansion draft.
That being said, play on the ice vastly outweighs contractual snags and play on the ice during the playoffs vastly outweighs that in October.
This trade is a win without even having to take into account the salary Edmonton ate or the pick that is being sent.