[Signing] Lucic back to Bruins (1 yr, $1 mil + $500k bonuses)

[jayswin]

Yeah, that's my issue with people's takes on his 55 point season after everything that happeend last season for him and the team. I get the frustration, but there's many acting like 55 is now who he is and would take some minor miracle to put up a PPG or higher ever again. It ignores all factors from last season and the previous four.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I think when it comes to Huberdeau, two things really screwed him up last season:


1) A system in which he was a cog that did not fit
2) An overall miserable experience from being surprised at being traded, to trading in his Lambo for a truck and a house on the shore, to not having fun, to having to deal more with the media - just a cumulative snowball effect.



This season, he knows what to expect. He knows Huska too. He is settled now. Huska is tasked with changing him from simply being a cog to becoming a focal point on offence. My expectations is simply "much better than last season", but I also wouldn't be shocked to see him just rack up points quickly either with all these weights lifted off from him. He may even raise some eyebrows around the league. I have no idea what to expect, but the only surprise I would have is to see him repeat last year's performance. I think he will be substantially better.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not me. It's time to turn the page. He was by far the Flames worst player last season. I'm a little shocked people would want to revisit that even if he's a good guy.

Markstrom was and it wasn't even close.

Problem with Looch was Sutter played him too damn much. He was amazing after he was benched for those 3-4 games, but then idiot Sutter never benched him again for the rest of the season.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

4 years over a PPG pace leading into the trade season.

Kadri should be considered a much greater risk of not reaching his highs again given that his avs season was such an outlier from the rest.

Huberdeau has a history of sustaining PPG pace and with his style of play he should have plenty of runway to do it a few more times at 30.

55 isn't the new normal for him. That's more likely the absolute floor until he's 35/36.