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Originally Posted by CSharp
It was kind of sad when Gio didn't stick up for Smith when Lucic whacked at Smith's glove/blocker after the puck was stopped and the whistle was blown. I think if Hamonic was in there, he would've crosschecked the hell out of Lucic. If this is the Flames back in 2004 - 2009/2010, Regehr and Iggy would've had Lucic nailed to the boards and pounded every frickin greaser out of the way. This team is too dang soft, especially our D-men. That was a nasty fight for Glass, but it was necessary. Unfortunately, he lost big time on that one.
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I give Lucic kudos.
My read on the fight was more code than anything else.
Glass felt he had to go on behalf of Smith even though he is not really part of the team in an everyday, on the ice, sort of way
Lucic obliged him.
Neither guy felt it.
Lucic got him early with a good one. Frankly I think he felt bad about it
When Glass swung again, Lucic swung back but neither really were terribly interested in winning the tussle
Lucic eased up, and kudos to him.
I didn’t buy a minute of that fight as anything more than obligatory on both sides and am glad it ended quickly