Honestly, I think Lucic can probably be rehabilitated into a decent 20G 20A player for most of the remainder of his contract.
Hes lost a little bit of footspeed (because he's huge and over the hill), and mentally completely clocked out (because he's on his retirement contract and playing in Edmonton). But if he lost a little bit of weight, moved out of Edmonton, and had something to play for, I think he could rebound nicely.
I wouldn't bet $24 million in cumulative cap hit on it though.
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