I'm going to look at this optimistically, if he isn't scoring I think Lucic can bring more to the game besides that. He is not one dimensional. His board play, net presence and violence has value - not enough tp account for his contract hit but more so than Neal when he isn't scoring.
I'd like to have seen whether Neal could bounce back, but it seems like the Flames really wanted to get rid of him so maybe he's not good in the locker room.
If this fails, it might be the deal we remember Tre for. We'll have a long time to regret it.
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