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2019-2020 NHL Thread

Given that this Neal/Lucic trade was between Calgary and Edmonton, it's bound to be a storyline for the rest of the year, at least.

So Neal gets 4 goals last night, and Lucic ends up going after a guy named Kurtis MacDermid after Kurtis lined him up on a questionable hit. 

Kurtis is an undrafted call-up, 6'5" 230lbs defenseman that played 7 minutes last night, and makes $675K/yr with 46 NHL games under his belt at 25 years old.

Lucic has 0 points in 3 games, and I think the only real reason for the fight was that Calgary was asleep for the first, and down 3-0 at that point.  They ended up losing in overtime, but some may suggest that this woke up the Calgary bench a little....but even if that's the argument, at $5m+ on the cap, I'm pretty sure there are cheaper options than Lucic to fight a MacDermid.

My point is that it seems that Edmonton may have finally won a trade here, at least on the early returns. 

 
Frank E said:
Given that this Neal/Lucic trade was between Calgary and Edmonton, it's bound to be a storyline for the rest of the year, at least.

So Neal gets 4 goals last night, and Lucic ends up going after a guy named Kurtis MacDermid after Kurtis lined him up on a questionable hit. 

Kurtis is an undrafted call-up, 6'5" 230lbs defenseman that played 7 minutes last night, and makes $675K/yr with 46 NHL games under his belt at 25 years old.

Lucic has 0 points in 3 games, and I think the only real reason for the fight was that Calgary was asleep for the first, and down 3-0 at that point.  They ended up losing in overtime, but some may suggest that this woke up the Calgary bench a little....but even if that's the argument, at $5m+ on the cap, I'm pretty sure there are cheaper options than Lucic to fight a MacDermid.

My point is that it seems that Edmonton may have finally won a trade here, at least on the early returns.
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Oh they've won this trade for sure.  Neal has slowed down from his heyday, but playing with McDavid on the PP he can probably still get mid 20s in goals, Lucic is just a cement head.
 
Frank E said:
My point is that it seems that Edmonton may have finally won a trade here, at least on the early returns.
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That's not what this guy, who gets paid thousands and thousands of dollars to analyze hockey, thinks!

https://twitter.com/TheChenson/status/1181766455940935684
 
I don't know if scoring a bunch of goals on McDavid's wing early in the season proves anything definitively but it is a little weird how quickly Calgary gave up on Neal.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Frank E said:
My point is that it seems that Edmonton may have finally won a trade here, at least on the early returns.
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That's not what this guy, who gets paid thousands and thousands of dollars to analyze hockey, thinks!

https://twitter.com/TheChenson/status/1181766455940935684
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PIMS = Goals. Who knew?
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/jaredbook/status/1183222141476659200

Pietrangelo to Toronto let's go
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Not the best angle or quality so it's hard to even tell if he butt ended him. Anyway, Domi is a d-bag like his father so meh, whatever...WTG Pietrangelo
 
https://twitter.com/Stephane774/status/1183234146941845504

That's Mark Jankowski and Sam Bennett getting to know each other better.
 
https://twitter.com/craigsmorgan/status/1183751768103981056

I was going to say, "man, Arizona can't catch a break," but in this case...
 
https://twitter.com/evolvingwild/status/1183918456128856070
https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/1184097552167297025

'splained
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/10/15/20915276/the-nhl-as-unreliable-narrator-toronto-maple-leafs-not-good-defensively-by-sacrificing-offence
 
https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1186295308885647360

Bring in harsher penalties for fighting already. A bunch of old people will be upset for a few weeks and then they'll forget about it.
 
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