Posts About "Milan Lucic"
Neal Swapped for Lucic in Bizarre Alberta Trade
July 23rd, 2019 James Neal will no longer be a Calgary Flame. Flames general manager Brad Treliving and his Oilers counterpart Ken Holland agreed to a rather confusing trade on Friday, swapping Neal for Milan Lucic and a third-round conditional pick. More confusing to Flames fans is the fact that Edmonton is only retaining 12.5% of Lucic's $6...
3 Reasons the Flames Won the Lucic Trade
July 23rd, 2019 By any objective measure, the Calgary Flames gave up the better player when they traded James Neal to the Edmonton Oilers for Milan Lucic. The Flames could still end up winning this trade, though. Milan Lucic - (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers) The history of trades between the two rivals is brief, for good reason. Furthermore, the...
Flames Must Avoid Off-Season Over-Correction
July 22nd, 2019 In the summer of 2018, the Calgary Flames had a problem. Coming off a disappointing regular season result, management took their time to examine the team's issues and enacted several big changes. Former Calgary Flames left wing James Neal (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports) Heading into the summer of 2019, the Flames are coming off a...
NHL Rumors: Gillis, Flames, Rangers, More
July 20th, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is news that former Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis would like to return to the NHL, the Calgary Flames may have been looking elsewhere before going with Milan Lucic and the New York Rangers now have no choice but to start shedding salary after signing Jacob Trouba. Finally, will Andrei Markov make...
Oilers: Holland Attempts to Fix a Chiarelli Wrong
July 20th, 2019 To suggest Peter Chiarelli left the Edmonton Oilers in cap purgatory and with a badly flawed roster would be kind. Ken Holland knew cleaning up said mess was part of the deal when he took the gig as the club’s general manager and that it wasn’t going to be easy. Though he still has plenty of work to do, trading Milan Lucic to the...
Oilers Trade Lucic to Flames for Neal: Report
July 19th, 2019 The Edmonton Oilers have traded veteran forward Milan Lucic to the Calgary Flames in exchange for fellow veteran forward James Neal, according to Gene Principe. Additionally, Elliotte Friedman would add that the deal will require the Oilers to retain some of Lucic's salary as well as a conditional draft...
