Lets give Lucic more than 12 minutes to write him off.
Is he a player that you want on the roster at his ticket? Absolutely not ... but he's been a 50/50 xgf% player for the last five years in a role that has diminished.
Hopefully he bounces back to be a 12 minute a night guy that breaks it even.
If not ... honestly I wonder if his retirement thoughts come up again, like they did last year before Peters moved on. He may just hang them up if he can no longer player at this level (fourth line, popcorn). The game gets a little faster every season, maybe the year over year this off season has pushed him out.
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