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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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197 |
30.35% |
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Indifferent, both teams getting a failed project
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187 |
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, 02:59 PM
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#441
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster86
Lol, no he isn't.
Lucic couldn't produce riding shot gun with the best player in the NHL.
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When did he play with Crosby?
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07-19-2019, 02:59 PM
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#442
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Is that retention official?
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07-19-2019, 02:59 PM
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#443
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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I am going to look at the positive here. Obviously Neal and Peters did not see eye to eye. Lucic has been terrible for the Oilers but most players suck when they are there. I mean how motivated will Lucic be to help stick it to the Grease? I am thinking a lot. The other thing besides policing Gaudreau is standing in front of the net on the PP. I never saw the day where I would be hoping for Lucic to rebound yet here we are.
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07-19-2019, 02:59 PM
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#444
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne
I get the initial freak out, but this is going to help a lot in terms of what goes on behind closed doors. I've spoken with a couple contacts and they couldn't be happier that Neal and Smith are in EDM and not our problem.
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What is it with this team and guys who like museums?
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#445
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Is that retention official?
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Nothing is official, but the retention of 10% has been widely reported.
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#446
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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The Flames are better today than they were yesterday is how I look at it.
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#447
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First Line Centre
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Also....F U Jason Gregor for providing me with comfort and being horribly wrong...
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Go Flames Go
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#448
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Last time I remember this much negative reaction to a trade was ..... last year.
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Why the hell does this not have about 1000 likes?
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#449
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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The biggest negative to this trade is being unable to buy Lucic out. I was figuring there was a 80% chance the Flames would be buying out Neal next off-season.
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#450
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CP's Fraser Crane
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All I have to say is this....
HELL YEAH!!
I’ll have to chance my profile pic now
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#451
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Damnit Tre, why didn’t you give Neal a 10 team no-trade list.
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07-19-2019, 03:00 PM
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#452
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Is that retention official?
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Not yet.
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#453
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Nothing is official, but the retention of 10% has been widely reported.
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even by our own lovely poster, AC
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#454
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
The team has the best season in like 20 years and choked in the first round, again |
Sorry but I'm done getting emotionally invested in this franchise when all they do is lose when the games really matter. If they can actually win a round in the playoffs next year I'll start paying attention again, but until that happens I don't see the point
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#455
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The advanced and counting stats aren't actually that far apart for these two over the last two seasons.
If you look at the last two seasons at 5v5:
From an advanced stat perspective Lucic has actually been much better than Neal over the last two seasons. Better from a raw number perspective, better from a relative to teammates perspective, and did it with tougher zone starts.
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Lines up with this: https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...or-milan-lucic
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#456
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stang
All I have to say is this....
HELL YEAH!!
I’ll have to chance my profile pic now
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Just wait.
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#457
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaudreau is a Ninja
How does The Oilers save money, let’s get the facts straight about the deal first
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Nobody said they would save money. They said they would "keep" money - ie retain money on Lucic's deal.
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#458
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Uncle Chester
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I don't listen to Fan960 anymore. Who is this host?
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07-19-2019, 03:01 PM
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#459
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: In the studio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stang
All I have to say is this....
HELL YEAH!!
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Your avatar is saying the exact same thing
#imfree
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07-19-2019, 03:02 PM
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#460
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
I always hated playing against lucic kinda glad he is on our team now makes the team heavier and harder to play against and makes the Oilers softer
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man, it's all BS. When's the last game you watched in the BOA where Lucic was an intimidation factor? A guy who was being a major problem/distraction in the post whistle scrums, etc, against a soft flames team?
Ya, me either. Lucic sucks.
This move does NOTHING about how the line combinations can improve, nor does it make this team even a grain better than the group that got their asses handed to them in the playoffs.
Adding a 6 million buck 4th line face puncher, ya, that's not how playoff team toughness gets solved.
I really hope Treliving wins a playoff round this season, otherwise, it's deals like these that make you scratch your head about some of his decision making and whether he's going to really be here for any kind of long term.
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