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Originally Posted by New Era
Oh dude. Jones and Lucic valuable to any team? Jones was never valuable to anyone. He was a plug. Maybe Lucic was valuable before the Oilers took the life out him, but his play this season has been atrocious. His desire to play the role given him is gone. His value to the team is having the other guys play for him and try to keep him relevant. It's pathetic and sad to watch for a once great role player and warrior. I can give you Eller and Ryan having value in certain roles, but neither of them are elite anything. They have value but are both replaceable.
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Agree with 90% of this post, but want to again defend Looch who I thought actually performed admirably in his limited role with our club, and I was looking forward to seeing him in the playoffs. The contract of course makes him not valuable, but as a player I think he could still have value in different circumstances.
None of the listed players were ever elite. Lucic comes closest, but elite to me means a top player on the club (1-3). Lucic was always the 4-5th best player on his club at most.