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Originally Posted by Ashasx
It has always been a little weird to me how well former players speak of the Oilers. I think I even see Smid on twitter actively cheering for them after, if I recall correctly, the Oilers failed to diagnose a significant injury late in his career and he was forced to play through it and wasn't properly diagnosed until he joined the Flames.
I guess McDavid and Gretzky hide a lot of warts but man to see this guy speak this candidly almost immediately after leaving the Flames stings as a fan.
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The Oilers fanbase crippled Lucic emotionally as he couldn’t produce there. Outside of his first year where they went to the second round the Oilers picked in the top 10 in his other 2 years. The Flames fans embraced Lucic despite him being a boat anchor contract and irrelevant for long stretches of the 4 years he was here. Obviously there was some Covid related situations where he couldn’t play in front of the fans but he credited the Flames fans with giving him passion for the game again. Surprised he goes on and gushes about the Oilers when compared to the Flames.