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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
You are right there, textcritic. I agree that all indications are that we needed to get rid of Neal. But the fact remains, I don't believe Lucic makes the Flames better.
Everything we are doing right now is trying to polish a turd. And the problem is, we are actually getting a bit lucky with Lucic (and Bennett) right now in that their poor on-ice play hasn't really burned us yet. That line is going to start costing us goals against sooner rather than later. And if I'm being honest, the only mitigation I see is to bench Lucic and put Czarnik out in his place. But that's not going to happen.
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While Lucic hasn't really caused anything positive on ice (unless his fight, which maybe triggered a comeback counts), I haven't seen him do anything poor that should have burned the Flames. He's positioning is quite sound, he hustles, and leans into people pretty effectively. That line is never going to score a bunch.
I also recall that Ryan's good play last year was not as evidence off the bat. maybe his starts are a bit slow. If he revs up a bit, I think Lucic and Bennett will benefit.