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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
That would be a fine explanation if we didn't all know Milan Lucic isn't a viable NHL player
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Lucic has looked brutal the last few weeks. I think they give him time to get his game turned around until the team gets going (especially goaltending) as they value his room presence but his on ice presence has been poor. It was nice not seeing him on the ice as much last night. Guy isn't even knocking players over when he hits them lately. Just bouncing off with a scowl.
It's hard because Dube has looked close to a breakout for a while and Mangiapane has looked close to a return to form so you don't want to demote them to the 4th line to bring in a kid and bump Lucic to the press box, but you also don't want the skilled kids getting lower minutes on a 4th line when called up. Hopefully they can find a balance.