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Originally Posted by cowtown75
To be fair, I have a never ending list of Gaudreau memories of turn-overs and give aways in the neutral zone, offensive zone and defensive zone which have resulted in goals for the other team but seems to be over looked mant times because of his offensive potential. I have seen plenty of give aways by everyone, Monahan especially, on this team but there seems to be a lot of confirmation bias when it comes to Lucic.
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Lucic has made 3 really bad ones I can think of. BUT he was trying to turn the puck up ice quickly and sometimes that doesn’t work out, especially because his skill isn’t where it once was. I have a lot more time for bad mistakes based on trying to get something done than a lazy or timid turnover.
The other thing is - whenever I’ve seen Lucic make such a mistake, he works his ass off the rest of the game, and in at least a couple instances, actually did make up for it with a goal of his own. He’s a guy who seems to channel being upset with himself in a good way. Some on the team do the opposite.