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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
...THe oilers basically shot themselves in the foot immediately after acquiring a franchise or generational player.
The only way out of that deal will be by packaging significant assets with it, or buy lucking into a compliance buyout.
Lucic may not be awful but he's going to be an anchor on that team for years barring a miracle.
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This is precisely right, but I think by comparing Lucic's deal to Wideman's you are underestimating how truly terrible his contract is. Lucic signed for
seven years, so while Flames pined for the final two years of Wideman's deal for the day it would be erased, Oilers fans will be doing so for at least four years. Does anyone expect Lucic to be any better than he was last year? Or in the year after?
Basically, the Oilers paid $42 m for the novelty of what Lucic can provide in a season or two.