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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't agree with much you say but this is my feeling as well. You commit that much money and term to a player that pushes your team to the cap ceiling you owe it to put 100% into making it work and the Flames just didn't do that and in the process added a worse player for almost the same money so they turned was was supposed to be a major splash for that elusive goal scoring winger into the most expensive plugger in the league on a team that's never had an issue finding bottom six pluggers. Nobody will convince me that a small handful of fights a year is worth what Lucic brings to the team overall.
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He played 45% of his minutes with Calgary's top five forwards, and was the 6th on the team in powerplay minutes last year.
He didn't produce or fit with anyone.
What hockey team just lets a guy play an entire season in a slot that he was envisioned in when it's clearly not working in order to "live up to a commitment"?
I wouldn't run a team or business like that.
The mistake of signing a player that was taking on water in terms of five on five play driving for years is another matter though. Treliving and his staff blew it.