10-03-2019, 10:34 PM
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#101
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And I Don't Care...
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The land of the eternally hopeful
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Originally Posted by AC
To repeat what a few others have said, Lucic literally provided more to this team in one game than Neal did all year last season IMO.
Neal coasted all season, barely putting an effort in at any point. He went out of his way to avoid contact despite having a physical/dirty reputation.
Meanwhile Lucic manhandled multiple Avalanche players, and immediately stood up for a teammate after a cheapshot. That's honestly not something we've seen much from this team for years. Lomberg last year going after Dumba comes to mind. Even Brouwer jumped somebody (Dustin Brown?) to stand up for Gio.
I loved seeing that from Lucic, not to mention his strong boardwork and actual hockey sense.
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Yep. I think we’re going to be a lot happier with Lucic than we were with Neal.
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10-03-2019, 10:35 PM
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#102
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mightyfire89
Yep. I think we’re going to be a lot happier with Lucic than we were with Neal.
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It's hard to get too down on a player that tries to make a difference. That's not something we saw from Neal.
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10-03-2019, 10:36 PM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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Originally Posted by Dion
Loooooooooch!
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He frickinn crushed him.... Zadorov had a #### eating grin on his face too... not after though.
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10-03-2019, 10:36 PM
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#104
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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One of the better first game the Flames have played
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10-03-2019, 10:37 PM
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#105
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
Avs are one of the deepest forward groups in the NHL...5 on 5 the Flames hung in there with them no problem. I think the Flames will be fine
Have to upgrade the top six this season at some point though
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Lol I swear this has been the problem for 20 years now.
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10-03-2019, 10:37 PM
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#106
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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I'm actually weirdly feeling ok about most of that game. Other than the first period I thought the Flames had some very solid spells of play, and most guys played reasonably well, outside of a few. I see the Flames still being a pretty strong force in the conference after the initial rust shakes off.
I am a Lucic believer now. Him smacking around Zadarov was so good. Great to have him on the team.
Oh yeah, and the reffing will be making me pull my hair out all season. The NHL has no idea what its doing regarding officiating.
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-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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10-03-2019, 10:37 PM
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#107
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
Frolik would clear waivers...Flames need to upgrade the 2nd line
Flames got better as the game went on, almost tied it up, evened up the shots despite the terrible reffing
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Of course he would clear waivers. Very few teams have cap space for his salary.
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10-03-2019, 10:38 PM
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#108
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Dion
Loooooooooch!
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Lucic let up he could have gone for the K.O.
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10-03-2019, 10:38 PM
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#109
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Lucic did more that game than Neal did all season.
Great trade.
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10-03-2019, 10:38 PM
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#110
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
Maybe next year....
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Maybe next decade...
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10-03-2019, 10:39 PM
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#111
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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“He’s still going to get slashed – that’s still going to happen,” said Brouwer of the ancient age of nuclear deterrents.
“You can’t protect guys against every little thing that happens on the ice. You can stand up for him, but fighting isn’t as prevalent in the NHL as it was, so as a result guys are going to get those extra whacks. You can go talk to (the offenders) but at the end of the day if a guy on the other team that’s giving him a whack doesn’t want to fight you’re not going to be able to fight him.”
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Nah Troy.
You can still punch him in the face.
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10-03-2019, 10:40 PM
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#112
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Not one to complain about refs. Usually evens out over course of a season.
But that puck knocked down with a high stick that led to the 2nd goal. How can four officials not notice the puck flying through the air to then suddenly ricochet down at landeskog’s feet?
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10-03-2019, 10:40 PM
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#113
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Samonadreau
He frickinn crushed him.... Zadorov had a #### eating grin on his face too... not after though.
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Zadorov was being to cocky. Lucic was trying to fight him for a while.. how does one not see that coming?
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10-03-2019, 10:42 PM
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#114
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: 403
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What's the redeeming quality the 05-17 Ducks and the current Avs have which forces the Flames to play safe and act like they're too scared to play against them? Ugh.
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10-03-2019, 10:42 PM
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#115
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
One game in and we're calling for his head???
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He played James Neal lazy, and in game 1 that's pretty telling. I can understand mistakes made if you're over zealous, but lazy game 1?
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10-03-2019, 10:42 PM
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#116
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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10-03-2019, 10:42 PM
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#117
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Loooooooooch!
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Kinda looks like The Eliminator behind them trying to video it.
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10-03-2019, 10:43 PM
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#118
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#1 Goaltender
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Lucic fighting changed the game, Avs played a lot smaller after that. We just couldn’t capitalize
Also Lucic for Zadorov is a good trade off
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10-03-2019, 10:44 PM
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#119
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
1 season, 1 playoffs 1 game.
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You're telling me it's his fault the flames lost in the playoffs? Or he was a detrimental part of their season at +24 and a .5 ppg? I'd like more talent on the second line too but I'm not going to overreact to one game and act likes he's not a useful nhl player. Hopefully someone in the bottom 6 can step up and replace him but until then I like what 3M brings.
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10-03-2019, 10:44 PM
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#120
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DropIt
He played James Neal lazy, and in game 1 that's pretty telling. I can understand mistakes made if you're over zealous, but lazy game 1?
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One game makes a season???
I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until he has some games under his belt and we can make fair judgement of his play.
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