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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I tried to point out earlier in the thread that Lucic’s decline was correlated with deployment ...
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To me, this is trying, desperately, to make sense out of something that's not very sensible. The correlation is reversed. Lucic's performance did not decline with deployment. Lucic's deployment declined with his performance. We all want this to work, I get it. There should be a lot of upside reward in a gamble of this magnitude. With Neal, there is at least some upside, if he improves. With Lucic - there isn't; or, well, I don't see much of it. And I do hope I am wrong on this.
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
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It’s weird. I used to like Lucic when he was helping beat Vancouver and then playing with iggy. Then he went to Edmonton and I really disliked him. All of a sudden I like him again.
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I did like Lucic in Boston and I really wanted him to sign in Calgary after Boston. But not anymore. I don't have a lot of respect for players who stop performing after signing a massive contract.