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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Lucic will probably start to slide in the last 2-3 years.
He'll be 34 at the end of the contract. While that's no spring chicken, its not completely unreasonable to expect a guy to be still playing decent at that age.
50/50 maybe.
Unfortunately you have to give out that type of term if you want to sign a guy in his late 20's that is in demand.
There are a lot of contracts around the NHL that go until players are 35+. Lucic's isn't the worst by far.
Comparing to a Flames contract, I think its more likely that Lucic will still be a good NHLer at 34 than Giordano at 38.
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Giordano at 33 is by far a better NHLer than a 28 year old Lucic so I think you are way off here. Gio is a 40+ pt Dman that plays in all situations against teams best players. In the next 5 years it is unlikely that he finds himself as a 5-6 Dman. Likely he is a decent top 4 guy right until the end of his contract.
Lucic is already struggling to maintain a 2nd line position with the Oilers. He is pathetically slow and I have doubts he is going to find a step at 30+ considering the miles he has put on his body. Lucic is already at risk of sliding out of the Oilers top 2 lines and it would t surprise me to see him on the 4th line half way through that deal.