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Old 08-24-2021, 12:43 PM   #10
GioforPM
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
I feel like our perception of Lucic would be very different had the Flames not traded Neal (almost the exact opposite player on another terrible contract) for him.

If they'd signed him back in 2016 I think he'd be hated here.
But they did trade Neal for him and there's nothing to indicate they would have signed Lucic in 2016 to the same contract. It's not a really useful hypothetical. It's like saying "if Treliving signed Lindholm to 11 million per year we wouldn't think he was so great".
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