Bring him back with Calgary retaining everything but $1.17 M
Sanderson came back
Pederson came back
bring him in for December 23 game vs Washington
right now Calgary is on a hot streak... lucic is getting 17 plus mins a night and has 3 goals in his last 4 games. this wouldnt be the moment we could get Calgary to panic and retain 50% on him
could we get them to bite on backes for lucic? there is that extra year or two... so maybe... but we cant afford that.
a lot of our fans say they want toughness in the lineup... then they criticize guys that are known tough players. sadly, there is only one tom Wilson and we dont have him.
the number of tough players that actually intimidate anyone... is like... 1 or 2... maybe 3... or 4 if we care including chara
I mean does evander kane intimidate us? does erik gudbranson or radko gukas intimidate us? does zack smith intimidate us?
if david backes or brett Ritchie were on another team and they hit one of our skilled players we would put them into this same category.
we might not want backes or Ritchie to be our top fighter... but honestly they both suck at hockey enough that if they arent fighting some... they become rather useless. thats part of their job now
wagner has to be physical... or he cant keep his job
carlo isnt a natural fighter... but he is big... he has to join the scrums if necessary
I am looking forward to federic on the team because I like more toughness... but most teams dont have better figthters than we do. and most teams have like 2-3 fights for the entire season...
I was looking at how many pm lucic has in his last 20 games... its 8... hes not gooning it up himself either. the days of any player making a huge huge difference by fighting is pretty much gone
tom Wilson is a unique unicorn and we dont got him. there is no way to get him. josh Anderson isnt tom Wilson. jake Virtanen isnt tom Wilson.
Im a huge fight fan... but fights are no longer a thing in the nhl… we have to deal with it