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Originally Posted by Bingo
Hope Lucic gets back to that no event hockey player that he was in Edmonton, that's a big part of this deal being a saw off for me. If he's just as bad defensively as Neal is he won't out produce him and with that Edmonton certainly has the better of the deal until the offensive wheels fall of Neal and make both players boat anchors.
Neal led the Oilers last year in CF% at 50.72%, and he was their best five on five player for what he gave up while on the ice at 53.1 CA60.
Out of 15 skaters last year in Calgary Neal was ranked last in CF%, last in CA60.
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Exactly. All I want from Lucic is to be that physical presence and be a no event player, as you described it.
So far, the Flames have been struggling offensively, and the bottom 6 in particular, including Jankowski, Ryan and Bannett, haven't had great starts. That isn't helping Lucic's numbers. But I fully expect he'll be fine. And if so, the trade made the Flames better.
That's what matters for me.