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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
I think some people are really going to be shocked at how bad Lucic actually is. It’s all well and good to say those attributes have value, but they only have value on players who can play. Tkachuk and Kane are examples of those kinds of guys. When hits and toughness come with a guy who can’t skate or make even the simple plays, and who really only engages with other teams’ knuckle chuckers it means nothing. What we have is a $6 million player who I think struggles to even make the lineup. A $6 million Peluso.
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That's all well and good but the key aspect you keep forgetting is Neal was on the books for 4 more years for a higher cap hit than Lucic.
To add to that I get the impression management had no interest of buying him out so we were stuck with him or had to take a chance on another bad contract.
Sure if we brought Lucic in without the caveat of Neal exiting this would be disastrous but the fact of the matter is Neal had to go.