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Originally Posted by Textcritic
You are absolutely right, and at the time of the trade I hated it. But since seeing Bingo's breakdown after digging into the numbers in some greater depth, it seems the Lucic is not nearly as bad a player as I had assumed.
I still don't like this deal, but in the end it is not nearly as bad as I at first imagined.
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He repeats those numbers and it's a pretty good move, it will never be a great move.
And I was shocked too.
I don't watch Oiler games from an Oiler fan perspective. Mostly just watch them blow leads and giggle. Their fan base hated him so you assume he's playing terrible. Staples says he's a possession beast and I think "yeah right", but low and behold he was. Crazy.
He was like Derek Ryan in the first half of the season last year. Many on this site wanted him gone because he was useless, but I was arguing he was good defensively, and literally a non event player. Nothing good, nothing bad happens.
If he doesn't. If he becomes a liability then the toughness won't save him from entering Neal territory. Luckily Neal would already have been in Neal territory in Calgary.