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Old 11-06-2018, 09:46 AM   #2065
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The Oilers signed him at the worst possible time.

You could see three things were happening in the NHL.

1) More young players were entering on entry level contracts to give teams more balance under the salary cap
2) This youth and the recent tend towards young skill meant the game was speeding up dramatically season to season.
3) Concussion fears and political correctness were pretty much pushing fighting out of hockey.

As a result Lucic lost his entire game in 24 months.

The Oilers went out and bought a betamax instead of a VCR.
*ahem* A betamax IS a VCR. Stands for video cassette recorder. I think you mean VHS.

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