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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Who says Lucic is on the roster this year? I'd say that is still TBD.
Gawdin is a career AHLer, a tweener at best. He's never made a serious push for an NHL roster spot. If you're counting on him to be one of your top 12 forwards, you can kiss your season goodbye.
Ruzicka is a legitimately good player, and if he makes the roster full-time, he'll be a serious candidate for 3C. Which means you still need someone on the fourth line.
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Lucic would be gone already if he was going to be. What on earth would be the point in waiting until now to move him?
Using Gawdin would be a death sentence compared to say, Ritchie, Richardson. What sort of drop off is even possible between those 2 versus Gawdin when they're already players who can barely tread water? If you can't graduate a 4th line player every few seasons, there's a definite problem.
It's nothing more than classic Flames operation that leads to vets like these getting shot after shot over guys like Gawdin and yes, even Ruzicka, who should have been a regular skater for most of the entire season last year and certainly should be this season.