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Originally Posted by edslunch
I think the point was that he ended up with bad line mates because he wasn't good enough when he played with the good ones. No doubt the Flames' bottom six is superior to the Oilers' so he may get better results, but the notion that he was dragged down by his linemates is a weak one. He earned those linemates.
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Why can't it be both? Lucic did not perform well enough to play up the lineup, and the exceptionally poor quality of his line mates exacerbated his underwhelming performance.
No one in Calgary imagines that Lucic will get anywhere near the top six, but the Flames overall depth is certainly going to help him to be better. It's silly for an Oilers fan to point out that Lucic was not good enough to play on McDavid's line, since we in Calgary already accept that and don't need him to play there.
That is really the biggest difference here: the Oilers needed Lucic to be an effective top-six forward. The Flames do not.