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Originally Posted by New Era
Because there is a not so fine line between truth and delusion. It appears there are way too many that are willing to eschew the truth in favor of some delusion where a player we rightly mocked for several years, as he performed abysmally up the road in Shelbyville, is now a good addition to the team. Milan Lucic has been garbage for years, and we had been merciless in our rightful criticism and mocking of the Oilers for supporting him and the worst contract in hockey. There is nothing positive to having Lucic on the team. Nothing.
I get that people want to be big supporters of the team. They conflate being a fan with accepting all the warts of the team and ignoring the bad moves the team makes. I think we as a fan base are better than that. We don't have to swallow our pride and back garbage players and celebrate stupidity. Just like when Bryan Marchment was brought into the Flames family I cold never accept nor stomach the sight of the player in our uniform. It was a bad move, and it was an embarrassment to the organization . The same extends to the acquisition of Milan Lucic. He's a terrible player and no amount of burying the collective head in the sand is going to change that. You may not like hearing that, but it's the truth.
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But you're missing the mark on team delusion completely.
I don't think anyone thinks Milan Lucic is worth his contract, or that he should have been targeted as an off season trade target. He's the same player he was in Edmonton, and a hilarious one at that because they traded Hall and gave him a huge contract.
None of that changed.
But then Calgary went and signed Neal and with that got themselves their very own boat anchor, and a boat anchor that didn't want to be here from the looks of it, adding to the weight of said anchor.
So the Flames moved Chernobyl for Three Mile Island, and so far it looks like the recovery effort of the Three Mile project will kill less citizens and for that they're happy.
This isn't a "wow is Lucic ever good!" view at all. It's an at least this guy is a better fit than Neal, or at least this guy gives a crap response that I see as valid and not the least bit delusional.