Lucic was never going to wow us with his ability to get up and down the ice, or dangle through defenders, but I and many I've had discussions with over the past week really notice a decline in his play since the all star break.
Did he hurt himself working out?
Is his back condition getting worse?
I'm like many and disappointed that he's literally done nothing in the two Edmonton games despite the chaos going on. If the reasoning is he doesn't want to it's a problem since that's why he was acquired. If the reason is past buddies, he had better get that sorted out as that's why he was acquired.
But it seems to obvious that he would know that. I'm starting to wonder if his back is getting to the point where he's not even sure if he can fight. His puck handling has taken a huge step back along with his footspeed in recent games. Maybe he's too stiff to actually throw them now?
Just a theory anyway.
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