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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Yeah. For the Flames its more of a neutral outcome. They will be free of Lucics cap in two fewer years, but the last two years on Lucic's contract could be a total waste of cap.
The Oilers gambled on who would decline more quickly and lost a 3rd and 500,000k in cap space. The Flames lost nothing, but gained a third and an upgrade (debatably) on Neal for a season or two.
the Flames could not feasibly buyout Lucic until summer 2022. If Lucic can be this effective for one more season, then the Flames are much larger winners in terms of getting cap value. That said, this it a pretty huge if.
The 3rd rounder could be a player, but its very likely that pick will be on the move again, making this debate even more convoluted.
In short the story on this trade is not done, but its trending to be a small recuperation on an awful UFA contract.
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I don't even think it's debatable that the Flames got an upgrade. The Flames version of James Neal was one of, if not the worse player I remember to put on a flames jersey. I'm not including people that played a game or two, etc, just legitimate players.