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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Yet before the trade, 95% or more of CP would have said that Lucic was much, much worse.
What a difference a day makes.
Now I get why this is the case, but posters (of all teams) needs to understand that they are often "homers" in judging such matters.
What makes them not now being "homers" in stating that Lucic is now the better player?
And I'm not intending to single you out, I have no idea what your previous opinion was.
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People on this site hated James Neal and most (not going to make up a number like 95% like you did) were convinced his contract was an albatross. Lucic has slid and is equally bad in Edmonton.
I was shocked when I read Staples article before the deal, assumed he was wrong on Lucic's underlying numbers, looked them up and saw he was right. Shocked me.
There are lots of facts to not hate this deal if you consider Neal a sunk cost, don't accuse people of flipping for pointing that out.