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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Did I not just say exactly what you wrote here, apart from the fit?
They are both bad players and Neal would likely have been riding the pine just the same as Lucic will on a lot of nights. And Neal is probably going on to score a bunch of goals just from McDavid bouncing things off his ass. So right there it’s a bad deal. The Flames lost. And I get that it’s one that had to be made if Edwards told Treliving he was done paying for UFA mistakes not to play here.
I just don’t get all the rationalizing and “toughness” talk that now shows up in these discussions like it somehow might make the team better. It is not 2011 anymore and Lucic’s brand of toughness is no longer the norm. He is a $5 million pugilist and nothing more. There’s no need to try and “make sense” of anything.
The Flames has a disgruntled player and a cheap owner. So Treliving was backed into a corner. But he backed himself into that corner and should rightly be held to account for making a really bad series of moves.
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Then why are the Flames a laughing stock for moving a crap player for a crap player?
Doesn't need to be rationalized ... he's an imposing player. Last year he lit up Giordano in one game, drilled Hamonic in another, and then handled Peluso in the ensuing fight.
Hated all of that at the time, but there it was.
The guy was 7th in the league in hits last year.