Confirmed with Link: [EDM/CGY] James Neal <--> Milan Lucic ($750K Ret.) + Cond. 3rd '20 (Goals Scored Related vs. Looch)

[Oilception]

If we only retain maximum the difference between the contracts I’d be very happy

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

 

[Dazed and Confused]

That... that's promising

 

[Senor Catface]

Well...a few posters that tried to convince everybody that Holland was done with the roster have a lot of crow to eat.

And like we said, too much smoke was coming up...

 

[Faelko]

Francis in Cgy is saying pick to Cgy and possible retention

 

[oXo Cube]

I, for one, welcome our new Holland overlord.

 

[guymez]

I hope Bennett and JP are involved

I do too.

 

[McIce Whole]

Sums up how I feel about this deal

 

[bucktown]

Lucic defending Tkachuk and his bullshit? How many times do we play Calgary?

 

[CupofOil]

Shit, the Oilers are retaining some salary and including a pick. That makes me nervous.
Straight up was too good to be true.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

hopefully only a conditional 7th rounder...and we retain like 500k lol

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Hmm, alright. Will have to see the final details but at least Lucic is gone.

And maybe people can ease off on Gene.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Francis in Cgy is saying pick to Cgy and possible retention

Lots of different takes out there right now - could be a lot of different things - but the core seems to be Lucic and Neal.

Credit to old man Holland, didn’t know if he had the chops to get a deal done. Looks like he does. Don’t know how much better we’ll be with Neal instead of Lucic, but he meets our needs a lot better than Milan does.

 

[pld459666]

Odd trade

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

As a Wings fan who wanted him gone, I still have to give props for Holland’s trade history the past few years. Dude has won every single one (relative to expected return) imo (Smith trade, Tatar Trade, this, Jensen though it was win/win)

 

[CycloneSweep]

****, the Oilers are retaining some salary and including a pick. That makes me nervous.
Straight up was too good to be true.

The retention is probably to make the contract a wash

 

[Llamamoto]

Lucic defending Tkachuk and his bull****? How many times do we play Calgary?

That's not how you should think.


Just imagine playing against Lucic 5 times a year!

 

[SK13]

1 for 1 never made any sense. Neal is much more likely to rebound offensively, makes less money, has no trade clauses and has a much easier buyout.

If it's 500k retained and a conditional mid-to-late round pick, that's not significant.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Soooo...

Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian
Neal-RNH-Chiasson
Granlund-Gagner-Puljujarvi(?)
Khaira-Brodziak-Archibland


Admittedly that does look less depressing

 

[backhandsauce]

Gotta sign Maroon now.

 

[yukoner88]

If Neal screws the pooch this season, his contract could actually be bought out. Suck it treliving! Suck it long Calgary, and suck it hard Lucic

 

[Del Preston]

LOL Gregor!!

 

[NinjaKick]

if Holland can pull this off I'm buying a retro Oilers jersey to wear and pimp out for this up and coming season
... the only question is what player I have on the back... leaning towards Grant Fuhr

 

[guymez]

LOL Gregor!!

Details?

 

[ujju2]

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