Good news, everybody!
According to Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston, the National Hockey League has made a ruling on the conditional draft pick involved in last summer’s swap with the Edmonton Oilers that saw Milan Lucic become a Calgary Flame. The Flames will receive a pick after all.
The NHL has made a ruling on the conditions in the July 2019 James Neal/Milan Lucic trade: The #oilers will transfer their third-round pick in either 2020 or 2021 to the #flames to complete the deal.
Edmonton has until the start of the third round in 2020 to decide which pick.