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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Okay here is another take on it...
Dube and Bennett played the best hockey in their careers with Lucic playing on their line in hard games.
Lucic finished last season with 9 goals and 26 points when you take in post season games.
After Lucic stepping up in the post season just take a soft somewhat skilled Canuck cast off and move Lucic to the 4th line??
Leino's Career year (playing up in the line-up) was 76 games 14 goals and 24 pts. That is pretty much what the Flames got out of bottom-6 Lucic last year.
I never knew that so many people here at CP were in such awe of the Canuck's team... a fringe player on their team is a big upgrade on the Flames team??
The expectation being when they were described as a tire fire that Markstrom carried.
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You don't think you're either reading too much into this or trying too hard to find a negative angle in this?
The team had Rinaldo on the fourth line last year for 19 games. Any moves that add depth to a team and allow Ward to build a better bottom six is a step in the right direction.
If he thinks Lucic is needed with Bennett then Leivo improves the fourth line. If the added speed of Leivo makes that line more dangerous ... so be it.
But nobody is awe of the Canucks, and only a rare few are giving top six minutes to Leivo based on the signing.
There's nothing to see here.