Confirmed Trade: Calgary will receive a 3rd round pick from Edmonton in the Lucic/Neal trade

[Skolman]

this is embarrassing for the league

 

[Skolman]

The pick is the MVP of the deal

@DFF you're one of the very few guys that thought the Flames won this trade from day 1

 

[Tkachuckycheese]

Bettman "Hey thanks for helping us out big time with using your facility until October. You really saved this season's playoff's "

Oilers "Your welcome! So what's going on with that whole trade conditions?.....Hello.....Gary?...." *click*

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

They will explain it the same way they explained the 8 non playoff teams making the playin/offs.

Or how the teams prospects cant play this year as opposed to any other year.

Or how every round the seeding will reset.

One stupid decision after another and a stupid answer to go with it.

 

[Flameshomer]

You love to see it

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Congrats to McDavid for another 100 point season, and to Ovechkin on another 50 goal season, what a couple of beasts.

 

[treple13]

No way Neal was getting enough goals to get the Flames the third rounder. Honestly I was expecting the NHL to just give Flames a 4th or 5th to split the difference. This is surprising

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Maybe im alone but that is the right way to call it. Clearly he would have made it. Edmonton still won the trade by a mile

Please explain and show your work.

He had zero goals in his last 13 games.

 

[DirtDiver]

I didnt expect this to happen but it did.

 

[Hynh]

Maybe im alone but that is the right way to call it. Clearly he would have made it. Edmonton still won the trade by a mile

He hasn't scored a goal in 2020.

 

[McRpro]

Congrats to McDavid for another 100 point season, and to Ovechkin on another 50 goal season, what a couple of beasts.

Pretty much. Also gratz to first time 50 goal scorer Matthews. And any players that fell just short of performance based clauses in their contracts(if there are any).

 

[FameFlame069]

Please explain and show your work.

He had zero goals in his last 13 games.

And before that he had 19 in 42 games, so you want to go with a small 13 game sample size or a much larger 42 game sample size which is over 67% more games? He had give or take 10 games to score 2 goals, Lucic had what? 7 goals

 

[Tobias Kahun]

And before that he had 19 in 42 games, so you want to go with a small 13 game sample size or a much larger 42 game sample size which is over 67% more games? He had give or take 10 games to score 2 goals, Lucic had what? 7 goals

Lucic has outscored Neal 5-0 since the new year.

 

[Spoilers]

If I were an agent I’d be calling the NHL. Players were told performance bonuses would be based on the games played and not prorated.

How can they apply this logic to a conditional trade and not anything else?

Let’s be honest, this was a pity pick because they are stuck with Lucic and will have to protect him during the expansion draft.

Once again the NHL bails out bad management decisions.

 

[Wingsfan 4 life]

I think its confirmed. Bettman's a huge fan of HFboards, where pace reigns supreme.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

It still seems like a good trade.

 

[Syckle78]

It's weird they would do this. Doesn't it set a precedent of pro-rating stats performance bonuses?

 

[SI90]

Until the start of the 3rd round? Great, Edmonton is going to wait until pick 61 to “decide”

 

[LeafChief]

What an absolutely ridiculous ruling.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

the weirdest thing for me is they actually bothered to come up with new conditions for the Leafs and Carolina's pick for the play in round, and just didn't even bother to do that here. Why not just say something like if he scores 2 goals for Edmonton now Calgary gets the pick?

 

[Sugi21]

Why is everyone complaining when y’all said this trade was a “win” for the Oilers?

 

[Snipes45]

Ah well. Holland unloaded Lucic, which I thought was impossible. I can't be too mad lol. He actually suckered another human being into taking him.

 

[Hynh]

Why is everyone complaining when y’all said this trade was a “win” for the Oilers?

Because it was going to be an even bigger win until Gary stepped in and f***ed it up

 

[Syckle78]

Why is everyone complaining when y’all said this trade was a “win” for the Oilers?

Because who won the trade is irrelevant. Has nothing to do with whether this was a questionable or wrong decision.

 

[Ishad]

I wonder if the nhl unilaterally made the decision or if the oilers agreed to it. Oilers have to be happy with the trade result, a 3rd is low value and it keeps a trading partner happy. Doesn’t seem like a hill to die on.