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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Sick of the coach and his clown like antics taking shots at the player who has committed to play his grit and grind style.
Sick of watching him utilize the player like hes a mucker and grinder getting 15 minutes a night, stapling trash like Lucic on his line.
Look around the league almost every team that has a star player like this gives the player ice time. Its as if suddenly playing 15 minutes from 19 is making a difference.
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I think you are perceiving that the coach took a shot last night when he really didn't. Most people agree that it was a compliment comparing him to Jarome Iginla. Darryl is not a feelings type of guy so this is as good as it gets.
In fairness to the Lucic experiment there was some success at the beginning. I agree that it lasted far too long but I mean what else was left to try? He's produced hardly anything all season and been given chances on all different types of lines with a carousel of different players. He constantly gets PP one unit minutes and doesn't take advantage. You can't tell me he's being asked to muck and grind on the PP.
He's also been given multiple chances and OT and has directly caused at least two loses with giveaways. It's clear that there is a big rift between the coach and player but what is it going to take for this guy to wake up? Hell I'd be frustrated as the coach too watch this guy choke at every opportunity he's been given. Also, based on his poor play, I highly doubt that giving him 4-5 more minutes a night would do anything positive. We've played 67 games and his contributions have been terrible. It's not like we are in game 15 and he needs more minutes to get going. He is what he is at this point.