[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Every statistical category?

First one I looked at, ... the most pertinent one for me as he's a fourth line guy, xGA60 he has the entire second line behind him then Lucic, Ritchie and Rooney in order.

As with everything these days ... extremes. Getting to be a little much.

I'm not making the "Lucic is the best player on the team" argument. I'm saying when you have a fourth line and you want to make a change, he brings something to the table that the other guys don't that isn't measurable by your " last on the team in every major statistical category".

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Lucic has been terrible and needs to see the press box.

Without Lucic at 5v5: 38 GF - 28 GA (+10)
With Lucic at 5v5: 7 GF - 11 GA (-4)

11 forwards have played more than 150 minutes at 5v5 for the Flames. Lucic ranks:

Goals For %: 38.1% (11th)
Expected GF%: 46.0% (11th)
High Danger Corsi: 44.8% (11th)
Shots For: 51.2% (11th)

Goals: 0 (11th)
Points: 4 (11th)
Shots: 18 (11th)
Individual Expected Goals: 1.63 (11th)
PIMS: 16 (1st - 8 minors, no majors)

He’s been our worst forward by literally every single metric.

He’s a liability defensively this year, is getting caved in when he’s on the ice, provides no offense, take too many penalties, hasn’t had a fight all year,

Time for him to eat some popcorn. If he wasnt a Sutter favourite he’d have been benched 10 games ago like Rooney.

Yup. He’s been terrible, provides nothing, and hasn’t even fought. He should sit and isn’t an everyday NHLer anymore