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Moon: “When I first heard it was a done deal, and I’m trying to look at it glass half-full for sure, it’s probably a better fit this move. It fits the teams better, it fits the players better. And maybe it doesn’t turn out and it’s just a mess for both. But it was a mess before for both anyway. This is worth a shot I think from both sides.”

Boomer: “For Lucic, and he talked about it as much, he came in there (to Edmonton), new building…Here we go. And he had a very good first year there. But signed the big deal: ‘This is the missing piece, this is what it’s going to be about.’ He was not that player in Boston. He was always kind of a support guy. And you knew he was going to be in Edmonton. And he did have the good first year. So what happened? Did he just stop playing with McDavid? I’ll be honest, I know Oilers fans right across the board are very happy to see him gone. Very happy. I don’t sense that’s the same here with Neal… People (in Calgary) are disappointed with the return.

Boomer: “All these people involved know why this deal is going down. It’s because you’ve been crap and you’ve been crap. All the way around people are wearing a bit of guilt about this.”

Boomer then turned to Matty Rose and asked: “Are you surprised about the negativity over this deal coming from Flames fans? I don’t remember a deal being this widely panned by Flames fan.”

Rose: “I don’t remember something that has gone down this way where people seem so vehement against it. First, it’s a trade with the Oilers, which is a rival. Two, you’re getting Lucic who has been getting, every time he came up on this station it’s like, ‘Look at what they did! Look at this boat anchor! And you compared it to James Neal and it was like Lucic is probably the worst of the two. But now, here we are. No one liked James Neal back when the season ended. No one was on that train. But now he’s out-of-town and everyone is up in arms.”