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Originally Posted by dino7c
yeah and it was a terrible choice...they didn't win #### all with the instant cap savings and now as their window dwindles they have even less cap space
IE the Oilers lost the trade big time
its not even a debate, the Flames won the Neal/Lucic swap by a landslide in hindsight
If the Oilers kept Lucic they would have won the same amount of cups the last 3 years and have over 2M more cap space
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I don't disagree, but just to push back on your point a little. I could argue that the Oilers would've had 4M less cap space in those seasons. They might have missed the playoffs entirely without the likes of Keith or Kane. Which would've meant the Flames advancing to the conference final instaed.
I think it was mostly a good deal for both teams because EDM was planning on using a buyout, while Calgary didn't. Personally I liked Lucic a lot more than Neal during his stay in CGY.