Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
I think that's it. The result for the Flames is that they will be more or less the same. The result for the Oilers is that they got better.
|
I really don't see how the Oilers got better today.
Trying to Look at this from an Oilers fan perpective (I know, gross); I would be happy to get rid of Lucic but not at all happy to get Neal.
What would have helped the Oilers was to somehow shed the Lucic contract and use that cap space to sign an actual offensive talent.
They swapped him for an equally bad contract, leaving them in the same place they were and no money to fix their huge issues.
Neal can't keep up to play with McDavid and will fall down their lines like he did for the Flames.
The Oilers will be left with an underperforming player that they need offence from and no money. They did not improve their situation in any meaningful way at all and they kept themselves in the same financial handcuffs that will pretty much doom them to another horrible season.