Waived: [EDM] Neal on Waivers (clears)

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

This makes me lol at Edmonton

Lots of reasons to laugh at the franchise. This is not one of them.

 

[Master Bill]

James Neal is a lazy, whiny bitch who made a career from leeching off elite playmakers. He blamed his failure at CGY on not getting the opportunities to play with Monahan and Gaudreau, and I bet he is blaming his current failures on the same reasons.

CGY won this deal hands down, especially with that tasty extra 3rd rounder!

 

[boredmale]

Is this really news worthy, Neal's contract makes it easy to send him up and down from the taxi squad since you aren't going to get other teams picking him up

 

[MikeyMike01]

I take exception to the word gifted. The Oilers worked hard in their epic tank for McDavid. Its not every team that can manage to trade players like Eberle, Peron,, Gagne, Petry, Hemsky, and Dubnyk for peanuts. That took skill.

Didn’t work too well considering they finished third to last.

 

[MessierII]

Is this really news worthy, Neal's contract makes it easy to send him up and down from the taxi squad since you aren't going to get other teams picking him up

Yeah I don’t get it

 

[voxel]

I take exception to the word gifted. The Oilers worked hard in their epic tank for McDavid. Its not every team that can manage to trade players like Eberle, Peron,, Gagne, Petry, Hemsky, and Dubnyk for peanuts. That took skill.

You are confused or don't follow hockey. Eberle was traded after McDavid was drafted. He played on the team that went to game 7 in the second round of the playffs.

The rest (Gagner, Hemsky, Dubnyk) were traded a year or more before the McDavid draft - except Petry and Perron (who requested out). Perron fetched Barzal basically but Chia traded that pick for Reinhart.. lol.

 

[Rubi]

You are confused or don't follow hockey. Eberle was traded after McDavid was drafted. He played on the team that went to game 7 in the second round of the playffs.

The rest (Gagner, Hemsky, Dubnyk) were traded a year or more before the McDavid draft - except Petry and Perron (who requested out). Perron fetched Barzal basically but Chia traded that pick for Reinhart.. lol.

My mistake about Eberle. There has been so many planned bad trades its difficult to keep them all straight. Also a good tank usually takes more than one year to accomplish. In the 2014 draft the Oilers were going for Ekblad or Draisaitl, dependent upon how the draft lottery worked out and they ended up drafting 3rd and they got Draisaitl. In 2015 they gave it another shot and hit the jackpot even though they were only originally slotted to draft 4th.
Dubnyk was traded in Jan 2014 and Hemsky was traded on March 5 2014 to help with the 2014 tank.
To increase their odds in the 2015 draft the Oilers got rid of Gagne in Jun 2014, Perron in Jan 2015 and Jeff Petry on March 2 2015 for the final big push to get a decent shot at McDavid.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

My mistake about Eberle. There has been so many planned bad trades its difficult to keep them all straight. Also a good tank usually takes more than one year to accomplish. In the 2014 draft the Oilers were going for Ekblad or Draisaitl, dependent upon how the draft lottery worked out and they ended up drafting 3rd and they got Draisaitl. In 2015 they gave it another shot and hit the jackpot even though they were only originally slotted to draft 4th.
Dubnyk was traded in Jan 2014 and Hemsky was traded on March 5 2014 to help with the 2014 tank.
To increase their odds in the 2015 draft the Oilers got rid of Gagne in Jun 2014, Perron in Jan 2015 and Jeff Petry on March 2 2015 for the final big push to get a decent shot at McDavid.

...which is why the NHL should NOT make it easier for the tankers to get in the Top 3 draft picks...teams that can't draft, can't develop shouldn't be rewarded for being terrible constantly & consistently...

 

[voxel]

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My mistake about Eberle. There has been so many planned bad trades its difficult to keep them all straight. Also a good tank usually takes more than one year to accomplish. In the 2014 draft the Oilers were going for Ekblad or Draisaitl, dependent upon how the draft lottery worked out and they ended up drafting 3rd and they got Draisaitl. In 2015 they gave it another shot and hit the jackpot even though they were only originally slotted to draft 4th.
Dubnyk was traded in Jan 2014 and Hemsky was traded on March 5 2014 to help with the 2014 tank.
To increase their odds in the 2015 draft the Oilers got rid of Gagne in Jun 2014, Perron in Jan 2015 and Jeff Petry on March 2 2015 for the final big push to get a decent shot at McDavid.

You can even spell Gagner’s name correctly (you did it twice). The Oilers never intentionally tanked (maybe for the Hall draft - which was years after offersheeting Penner, trading for Lubo, Pitkanen, Whitney, etc that all failed) they were just straight up awful for four years from 2010 onwards... much like how the Sens, Wings, Ducks, Kings, Sharks are now.

 

[voxel]

...which is why the NHL should NOT make it easier for the tankers to get in the Top 3 draft picks...teams that can't draft, can't develop shouldn't be rewarded for being terrible constantly & consistently...

The Oilers weren’t tanking. They were almost Sens bad. They actually spent to the cap and tried to compete. Bettman’s constant tweaking of the lottery granted the Oilers McJesus.

 

[voxel]

If teams need to learn something from the Oilers is that forcing young 18 year olds onto a team is just bad. It doesn’t make them more competitive (most 18 year olds end up -20 anyhow) and they often get injured. See Nuge, Hall, McDavid.

 

[Paper]

Have fun with the more effective player. We can just buy out Neal.

Okay, so 2M for the next four years for Neal's buyout and 0.75M for the next 2 years for Lucic's retain salary. Congrats on the nearly 10M worth of completely dead cap space and all it cost was a third round pick lol.

Meanwhile the Flames will have to have Lucic on their team next year but a season after that his salary drops to 1M and I bet he's like to gracefully retire.

 

[Cup or Bust]

Good news for the Oilers that Puljujarvi can come back without an extended absence.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

The thread is 8 pages long just a for a paper transaction.

 

[Cup or Bust]

The thread is 8 pages long just a for a paper transaction.

There are people that actually believe the Oilers put him on waivers because they though he would be claimed.

 

[McSuper]

LMAO fan’s arguing who won a trade of 2 crap over paid players

pro Neal can be bought out much cheaper ,Neal scored 19 goals out of the gate last year . Doesn’t have to be protected which allows you to protect anther player

pros . Lucic Physical presents , effective bottom 6

cons Neal can’t skate , useless bottom 6 player , bad defensively

cons Lucic . Can’t skate , have to protect , buyout proof contract.

both players are way overpaid but Edmonton lacked depth and Neal helped . Lucic was what Calgary needed .

conclusion trade is even . No team can win a crap for crap trade

 

[ottomaddox]

LMAO fan’s arguing who won a trade of 2 crap over paid players

pro Neal can be bought out much cheaper ,Neal scored 19 goals out of the gate last year . Doesn’t have to be protected which allows you to protect anther player

pros . Lucic Physical presents , effective bottom 6

cons Neal can’t skate , useless bottom 6 player , bad defensively

cons Lucic . Can’t skate , have to protect , buyout proof contract.

both players are way overpaid but Edmonton lacked depth and Neal helped . Lucic was what Calgary needed .

conclusion trade is even . No team can win a crap for crap trade

It's conclusive: one player looks to remain playing in the NHL...

 

[GOilers88]

James Neal is a lazy, whiny bitch who made a career from leeching off elite playmakers. He blamed his failure at CGY on not getting the opportunities to play with Monahan and Gaudreau, and I bet he is blaming his current failures on the same reasons.

CGY won this deal hands down, especially with that tasty extra 3rd rounder!

Yeah, he's definitely upset right now because he isn't allowed to play with Monahan and Gaudreau.

I love how Calgary fans jump on the chance to tell everyone how getting Lucic isn't so bad because Neal just absolutely had to go at any cost, but when we insist we're happy with him because Milan Lucic absolutely had to go at any cost somehow we all lose. Even though the whole point was actually to swap Lucic with a contract that wasn't buy-out proof, which is exactly what they got, plus another 20 goal season to boot. But you keep on tooting that horn, fella.

 

[coopooter]

I think people don’t realize that Oilers defense is 10 deep, with Klef on IR and 9 active players and were not letting anyone hit waivers on defense

 

[Aceboogie]

I dont know if Calgary fans are able to comprehend this, but a major reason why the Oilers won that trade so handily, is that they are even able to put Neal on waivers for the purposes of a paper transaction

Lucics contract doesnt have this luxury.

The day the deal was made, the Oilers won it due to the contracts. Neal scoring a whack more goals is an extra benefit

 

[King1s]

This makes me lol at Edmonton

I will laugh if someone takes him. Otherwise, I don't care.

 

[thadd]

Getting close to the end of the line for James Neal if he can't make it work as a wing option for McDavid or Draisaitl.

LOL WUT?!
Neal isn't even close to getting a chance to play with them when we're healthy this year. He's our 3rd option.
Kassian and Puljujarvi have to be out of the line-up for him to make it all the way up there at even strength.

 

[Talonted]

He cleared, the paper transaction is complete. Very exciting to very bored folks.

 

[Boomstick]

He cleared, the paper transaction is complete. Very exciting to very bored folks.

Yup.
Here's an official tweet.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

And who’s your source? Because Neal in fact was a cancer to the locker room when things didn’t go his way.

I actually do believe this and we had the same issue with Lucic here. Why people can’t just accept that certain players don’t fit in certain situations and move on is beyond me.