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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Fantastic post. Some definitely underrate the space that powerforwards can help create for their line mates. Some underrate the impact a heavy, hard forechecker like Lucic can make in the game and in a playoff series. When defensemen get wary of heavy hits they will start to make mistakes moving the puck. Lucic is the only guy capable of laying a heavy hit or fighting a monster like Zadorov. Losing Hathaway our grit index was absurdly low. We’ve needed another powerforward for years.
The Lucic acquisition kind of reminds me of the Chris Simon acquisition before our cup run. Both heavy powerforwards who could fight, had some skill and weren’t the speediest. But Simon sure had a big impact on our playoff run.
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Simon was a great acquisition. I can see the similarities, unfortunately their different contract situations makes the comparison kind of moot.
Chris Simon on an elite winger contract, I guess.