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View Poll Results: What do you think of the trade after a week of getting your head around it?
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Love it, think Lucic is an upgrade
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16.80% |
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Like it, clears some cap space even if Lucic is no better
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30.35% |
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Indifferent, both teams getting a failed project
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28.81% |
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Dislike it, Neal needed another year to bounce back
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16.49% |
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Hate it, Neal will be better in Edmonton
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07-19-2019, 03:48 PM
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#642
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Parkdale
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Which player has a better chance of scoring 20 goals next year? It ain’t Lucic.
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07-19-2019, 03:48 PM
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#643
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GOAT!
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I wonder if Neal just wanted to go to EDM with Smith.
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07-19-2019, 03:48 PM
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#644
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Given the openness of wanting to get rid of Lucic over last couple years, his brutal performance and ball and chain of a contract, how do you not extract their first born also as part of this trade???? Just say "no deal" until Holland calls back and gives up a guaranteed 1st rounder and/or takes back enough salary to make you happy.
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07-19-2019, 03:48 PM
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#645
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Lifetime Suspension
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Neal was next to useless, and between the two Alberta teams Lucic made the bigger impact.
But given the word out there that Neal was working hard in his off-season, the smart move would've been to wait until the deadline to consider this trade.
Is it possible to get pre-Oiler Lucic from this guy? He's a few years removed now.. doesn't seem likely.
But ####, who knows..new surroundings do things to players sometimes.
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07-19-2019, 03:48 PM
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#646
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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It would be beneficial to have Tkachuk on the 2nd, Bennett on the 3rd, and Lucic on the 4th line. I also hope sometime against Edmonton we have a Lucic - Bennett - Tkachuk line deployed to stir up ****
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07-19-2019, 03:49 PM
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#647
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cobra
That's hard to believe. Without him waiving it (for expansion), how could their be a deal if he needs to be protected.
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Lucic may be somewhere we can't sign anything or something.
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07-19-2019, 03:49 PM
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#648
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Should have just bought out Neal if they didn't want him back. All the fans that ripped on Neal constantly the last year can simply recycle the same posts removing "Neal" and inserting "Lucic". The worst part is Neal is probably going to be back to 20 goals next season going forward. The Oilers got better today and the Flames got worse. Never a good day when that happens.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 07-19-2019 at 03:51 PM.
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07-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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#649
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Should have just bought out Neal if they didn't want him back.
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The owners are probably sick of Treliving's buyouts. And a buyouts are generally terrible.
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07-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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#650
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Should have just bought out Neal if they didn't want him back.
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That’s a 2M cap-hit for the next 8 years.
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07-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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#651
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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This reminds me of when we signed Bertuzzi-he was too old, slow, cement-headed, we're not fans any more,etc
He was a fan favorite by the end of the year....
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07-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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#652
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djsFlames
Neal was next to useless, and between the two Alberta teams Lucic made the bigger impact.
But given the word out there that Neal was working hard in his off-season, the smart move would've been to wait until the deadline to consider this trade.
Is it possible to get pre-Oiler Lucic from this guy? He's a few years removed now.. doesn't seem likely.
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Well, my hope is what has happened with other players... Hall, Eberle, and Strome are prime examples of players that look happier and play better on their new teams when leaving Edmonton.
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07-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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#653
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOnlyBilko
A lot better then James Neal or Loui Eriksson |
speak for yourself. I'd have prefered both over Lucic, no doubt about it.
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07-19-2019, 03:52 PM
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#654
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Bonded
Probably something with the NMC holding things up
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Can Lucic nix it?
Nix away, my man!
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07-19-2019, 03:52 PM
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#655
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Realtor®
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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And I suspect Neal shows no sign of improvement. I feel for him in a way as physically he seems checked out but when he speaks he sounds like he wants to regain form.
Then the news comes to pack your sweatpants, and you are likely 100% checked out.
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07-19-2019, 03:52 PM
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#657
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
That’s a 2M cap-hit for the next 8 years.
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That's the price a GM pays for handing out poor contracts to players. Replacing one whipping boy for a worse whipping boy IMO isn't a solution.
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07-19-2019, 03:53 PM
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#658
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Old time hockey?
__________________
Born to lose live to win
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07-19-2019, 03:53 PM
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#659
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Duffalufagus
Which player has a better chance of scoring 20 goals next year? It ain’t Lucic.
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You do know there are other factors to this right? Neal wasnt going to get 20 goals on the third line.. for 20 goals, he needed to be on the first line. Were you willing to risk a massive drop from Lindholm by placing Neal on the top line?
For example, Neal may have increased his totals by 20 points on the top line while Lindholm could have dropped by 30 points not playing on the third line. Is that worth it?
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07-19-2019, 03:53 PM
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#660
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Well, my hope is what has happened with other players... Hall, Eberle, and Strome are prime examples of players that look happier and play better on their new teams when leaving Edmonton.
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We're really putting the "better after Edmonton" theory to the test here.
History says it will hold true. Let's pray.
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