#2 is correct, he would have to be asked to waive his NMC to be exposed for the expansion draftSomeone please tell me how it is with NMC and expansion draft. Lucic waived his NCM for this trade, does it mean that 1) there's no more NMC or 2) Lucic still has NMC, he just happened to accept thismove
Why would we let our rivals off the hook for the worst contract in the league? Even if our return is digestible, it automatically opens up the possibility that the Oilers get better.
Neal must've seriously pissed off Peters and Treliving last year.
This is a win for Calgary! Makes them tough af
Lucic is completely done and we will end up having to buy him or buy him out at same point. Neal had the worst season of his career and is likely going to bounce back and have a lot of opportunities with McDavid.
Absolutely atrocious trade for the Flames unless we got something like 50% retention and a 2nd.
What do you mean by nullified? I don't think they can 'nullify' a NMC. Whatever clauses he signed with Edmonton would be applicable to Calgary as well.Lucic can at least play bottom six. Neal didn't click with any of our top six forwards, and is beyond useless on the third line. Even if he bounces back in Edmonton, he wouldn't here.
So if we can save a bit of cap and get a pick? I'm cool with it. The only thing is we need his NMC nullified so we don't have to protect him in expansion.
mfw Lucic bidding war
I'm okay with this. Neal failed all year to show anything above what AHL tweeners provide. Lucic, despite being laughable for a long time in terms of production, does do some things well, and passed the eye test during BoAs when I was watching him.
I expect that retention will end up with us saving money. If not I go from okay with it to disappointed.