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% |
Like it, clears some cap space even if Lucic is no better
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197 |
30.35% |
Indifferent, both teams getting a failed project
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187 |
28.81% |
Dislike it, Neal needed another year to bounce back
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107 |
16.49% |
Hate it, Neal will be better in Edmonton
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7.55% |
07-19-2019, 03:42 PM
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#621
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by getbak
Plus the $3 million still owed in salary for this coming season.
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i should've kept my big mouth shut
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07-19-2019, 03:43 PM
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#622
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by jayswin
So just to clarify - When Bob McKenzie made the one for one joke tweet, he didn't additionally say there is no pick on air or anything, that was just sureloss misinterpreting his tweet?
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too early to say 'mis'
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07-19-2019, 03:43 PM
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#623
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Originally Posted by Yamer
OK, but how meaningful would the playoffs be if we just randomly seeded and started mid-April?
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Well on a serious note, the regular season should really be cut down by a good 20 games or so, but that won't happen because of stated reasons. And the regular season might be more meaningful if the rules didn't change once the playoffs start, calling it "playoff hockey" is just a cop-out
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07-19-2019, 03:44 PM
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#624
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: victoria
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Please let there be a 1st coming to us...
Pipe dream...like i packed my pipe and..
Well you know
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07-19-2019, 03:44 PM
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#625
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Calgary via Palm Desert
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Originally Posted by Jacks
I'd like to go on the record as saying DO NOT WANT
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Give him a chance he's happy and excited to come to Calgary, many players wouldn't be. He was stuck on an awful Oilers team he's still young enough to do some damage and protect our stars.
Don't make the fan base look bad and ot welcome a new player but instead spew hate at him it's not a good look
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07-19-2019, 03:44 PM
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#626
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Originally Posted by greyshep
My biggest issue is the Flames should not be doing things the help the greasers out of a problem. Lucic is a boat anchor to that team and I want them to have to swim in it.
Throwing them a potential life preserver is not something your provincial rival should be doing at any point.
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You do realize that the Flames also traded them our issue?
The Flames didn't just pick him up for a pick or prospect..
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07-19-2019, 03:44 PM
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#627
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Why do people think we’re helping the Oilers out of Lucic’s contract? Neal’s is just as bad when you factor in the salary retention.
This is just junk for junk with both teams hoping they can get more out of the player they’re receiving.
Even if Neal does well, we don’t care as long as Lucic does well, especially considering Neal didn’t look to be on the verge of returning to form with the Flames.
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07-19-2019, 03:45 PM
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#628
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Originally Posted by mikeecho
Neal is also a 30+ winger with bad skating.
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Lucic is worse.
There's no way to sugarcoat this one for me. We traded a huge problem for an even bigger one, because ... reasons?!
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07-19-2019, 03:45 PM
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#629
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Lifetime Suspension
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Ffs, we actually did this?
I thought there was no way, chuckling out loud. And here we are.
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07-19-2019, 03:45 PM
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#630
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Done deal. Whatever it is.
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An hour after he said that he said it isn't done yet and might not be official until tomorrow
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07-19-2019, 03:45 PM
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#631
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
Ya, discussing your 5th point he said he was changing his training this summer and instead of all gym he was going to work on his skating and on ice skills this summer. Wouldn't that be great if we got beast mode Looch!
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I really hope he talked to his former teammate Chara about his eating and training regime.
It’s been pretty widely talked about that Chara changed up his training and eating habits and it’s really helped him on the ice these past two seasons.
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07-19-2019, 03:46 PM
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#633
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Franchise Player
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Probably something with the NMC holding things up
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07-19-2019, 03:46 PM
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#634
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by keenan87
You are not getting it.. the Oilers will retain 600k on this 1-1 deal... which is effectively saying that to trade Lucic, the Oilers are picking up about $6.4 million dollars --> all they are getting is Neal back hence the connection that his salary can be viewed as higher than 5.75.
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No, I understand the numbers, but it was the way it was written that was confusing to me.
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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#635
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Why do people think we’re helping the Oilers out of Lucic’s contract? Neal’s is just as bad when you factor in the salary retention.
This is just junk for junk with both teams hoping they can get more out of the player they’re receiving.
Even if Neal does well, we don’t care as long as Lucic does well, especially considering Neal didn’t look to be on the verge of returning to form with the Flames.
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It could help the Oilers if they buyout Neal next summer. They couldn't do that with Lucic.
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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#636
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Realtor®
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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Way too much panic on here. We have no idea what was going on behind closed doors. Is Neal sour about not getting top minutes as initially proposed before aquiring Lindholm? Does Neal make a big deal about sitting in the press box?
Did Neal do a damn thing all year? Did he ever step in and use his size to help out a teammate?
Don't get me wrong, Lucic isn't the saving grace but can we stop acting like Neal was an asset?
At least Tkachuk and Bennett no longer need to be the "tough guys" as the flames were brutally soft and the big bodies we had were either a) too skilled to be spending time in the box or b) had a "0" on the give a crap meter
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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#637
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Even the same crappy play with a return to normal shooting percentage would get him there.
He really must have been bad in the room
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When I look at the Neal SH%, I don't see a guy who had chances and was just snake bitten. He always seemed to be on the perimeter or just throwing muffins at the net. Maybe a handful of times where he was robbed of a great scoring chance.
That SH% isn't likely to get much better playing the game Neal played last year.
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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#638
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Calgary via Palm Desert
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Originally Posted by Moneyhands23
I hate this so much
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A lot better then James Neal or Loui Eriksson
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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#639
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bonded
Probably something with the NMC holding things up
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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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07-19-2019, 03:47 PM
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#640
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Powerplay Quarterback
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At least Lucic can beat some guys up....Neal was 100% useless.
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