Milan Lucic has made an impression in a few games, in different ways.
- The face off win that led to Gio feeding Mangiapane on the GWG vs Philly
- The pass to Bennett on the 3rd goal vs Detroit, where his hard forecheck terrified the D into gifting him the puck
- I like that he stood up for Czarnik with Zadorov
His line was the best line against Detroit after Mangiapane was hurt
I haven’t seen him floating back like a lazy ass while watching a wide open opponent drilling home a one timer. He has not hurt the club, not a nuclear accident that is damaging to the team, at least on the ice
From a business sense then?
People moan and groan about about the cap hit. Yeah it’s not great but Treliving has done such a great job on so many other contracts that he can afford a bit of an ugly one. Consider the total cost when you roll some good contracts plus this bad one together
I don’t think anyone would blink if Johnny or Lindholm were making at least a million more
Say you had 23.2 million to spend and 4 roster spots to fill
Gaudreau + Monahan + Lindholm + Lucic = 23.2 M
McDavid and Draisaitl and the extra 750 they are paying for Lucic make 21.75 up there, so all you can add is a couple of league min guys
So no, the cap hit isn’t ideal, but every team has some sub ideal contracts
* Hint: if you are losing an argument about Flames contracts because of Lucic’s deal, you are not having the right argument
If Lucic has a very noticeable positive impact in a third of the games, that isn’t too bad.
Last edited by DeluxeMoustache; 10-21-2019 at 12:48 PM.
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