Putting Lucic on the ice for the Flames changes nothing. He doesn't prevent a single Av from taking so-called libreties, he doesn't change the way the Avs play in any way. The only way he possibly changes the outcome is the Avs win by more skating around his useless plug of a body to score easier goals than they did with Neal out there.
Lucic based on his "ability" is a healthy scratch if put on Calgary. He might be able to play because of his contract and GMs/coaches still being stupid about that but if it was based on ability he is not close to good enough to make the team with how god awful he is now. And that has nothing to do with any BS about him being on Edmonton instead of Buffalo, it has to do with the fact that he absolutely sucks at hockey at this point in his career and offers nothing positve to a hockey team.
A Flames-Oilers deal makes little to no sense as they have a lot of the same issues. Both want to move salary out, both want to add to their top 6. Yes Edmonton has more needs but those aren't going to be filled by Calgary.
Frolik would be a good fit on Edmonton, but they aren't taking that salary on with nothing going back and they have nothing that makes sense to trade back.
The only play that makes sense for the Flames to take back in a Bennett deal would be RNH, but that is a much bigger deal and no way the Oilers can give up RNH especially if the Bennett is the key piece and the Flames aren't giving up much more than Bennett in a deal like that.
There does seem to be a lot of smoke, and although Stauffer is a blowhard with zero knowledge of the game, he definitely has sources in the Oilers organization and definitely carries water for the team. Him pumping up Bennett know could easily be a move to prep Oiler fans for a trade involving him or it could just be Bob rambling in the off-season because he is a fool.
