Looch has always had limited minutes under Sutter, so I'm not sure why this would change. People's expectations seem low, which is why I'm not expecting to see any complaints about him this season...
He's the key leader in the room that everyone looks to for a stabilizing voice. Keeps the guys loose enough but focused on their game (see his various post game interviews). Makes everyone play bigger and keeps the other mouth breathers on opponents in check.
So, lots of heavy hits, maybe some time on the PP playing immovable object in front of the net, which led to a lot of goals on the PP last year and plenty of fights when the opposing team dares to. Yes, I'm a Looch fan and very happy the Flames have him.
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Good for 10ish goals, 25ish points and a whole lot of confidence for the rest of the lineup.
Hopefully gets a letter this year, but will be part of the leadership group regardless
Good for 10ish goals, 25ish points and a whole lot of confidence for the rest of the lineup.
Hopefully gets a letter this year, but will be part of the leadership group regardless
25 points would be his most since 2017-2018 when he was 29 years old.
I think it'll be a little lower.
I'll be happy with anything over 16, assuming he plays in every game.
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the fact that Lucic got the only penalty on that play is absolutely ridiculous. If the hit is on anyone in the league other than McDavid, Kane gets the penalty there.
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He mentioned that he still wants to play after this year. Also mentioned that the thing that sucked the most about the EDM loss was that they got sucked into EDM's game and that he hasn't been to the final in a while... wants to get back there. Had a significant injury towards the end of the year that made things quite difficult, all healthy now.
I only caught half the interview, but I will post a link once its up.
Edit: Link added
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the fact that Lucic got the only penalty on that play is absolutely ridiculous. If the hit is on anyone in the league other than McDavid, Kane gets the penalty there.
That was always going to be part of the problem facing the Oilers in the playoffs. I'm sure there was a memo sent out to the officials to ensure they didn't let the big bad Flames take liberties on McDavid. May as well have a no touch rule on him.
the fact that Lucic got the only penalty on that play is absolutely ridiculous. If the hit is on anyone in the league other than McDavid, Kane gets the penalty there.
That, plus Coleman's no goal told me all I needed to know about what the league wanted out of this series.
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the fact that Lucic got the only penalty on that play is absolutely ridiculous. If the hit is on anyone in the league other than McDavid, Kane gets the penalty there.
Well, Lucic started it with a hit after the whistle on McDavid. That was always going to be a penalty.
Echoing others, I hope he plays like early season Lucic and not what we saw in the second half last year. Personally, I wanted Lucic gone over Monahan.
Well, Lucic started it with a hit after the whistle on McDavid. That was always going to be a penalty.
Lucic's hit was a little late. Nurse's was a lot late, and Kane coming in was next day late.
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