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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
The $2 million in dead hit last two years longer than Lucic's actual contract.
When you look at it like 8 years of minor cap penalty vs 6 years of major cap penalty I lean towards the 8 years.
Lucic scored 1 goal in his last 40ish regular season and playoff games last season. He scored a bit earlier in the year but he was also getting ice time with Mangiapane and PP time. He likely wouldn't have gotten those opportunities if the Flames weren't trying to salvage the contract IMO.
I would make the argument that Lucic's on-ice play was worth about a million dollars give or take.
I don't think the intangibles of Lucic's leadership and face punching are worth millions per year. Oilers fans have tried to make the same argument with Duncan Keith and I don't buy it there either.
If Treliving gets out of the Lucic contract this summer, that would be a great move for the Flames. And at the end of the day Treliving hasn't made a lot of blunders. UFA signings are iffy at the best of times and if those are his biggest mistakes thats a good spot to be in.
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I must be missing something.
Six years?
He's played three in Calgary and has 1 year left.
That's 4 years of a useful player that's overpaid vs 8 years of a lesser cap hit and no value at all.
And I think he earned his third line role for the first two, slid this year. Don't think multiple coaches were trying to salvage a contract.