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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
The $2 million in dead hit last two years longer than Lucic's actual contract.
When you look at it like 8 years of minor cap penalty vs 6 years of major cap penalty I lean towards the 8 years.
Lucic scored 1 goal in his last 40ish regular season and playoff games last season. He scored a bit earlier in the year but he was also getting ice time with Mangiapane and PP time. He likely wouldn't have gotten those opportunities if the Flames weren't trying to salvage the contract IMO.
I would make the argument that Lucic's on-ice play was worth about a million dollars give or take.
I don't think the intangibles of Lucic's leadership and face punching are worth millions per year. Oilers fans have tried to make the same argument with Duncan Keith and I don't buy it there either.
If Treliving gets out of the Lucic contract this summer, that would be a great move for the Flames. And at the end of the day Treliving hasn't made a lot of blunders. UFA signings are iffy at the best of times and if those are his biggest mistakes thats a good spot to be in.
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The dead money is 2 years longer because the Oil kept Neal for 2 years before buying him out. The Flames might have kept him for 1 more year but they wouldn’t have been able to eat another year like the Oilers did especially if he didn’t have the goal explosion here like he did in year one in Edmonton. For the Flames it was buying him out right away. He wanted out and the team wanted him gone.
Flames have Lucic for 4 years not 6. He was solid in the Canadian division, in the bubble and to start this year but the guy is done.
One way to look at it: Flames pay 5.25M for Lucic
Oilers pay 3.2M for Kassian, 1.9M for Neal, 750k for Lucic eating up 5.85M in cap space.