Lucic is on pace for 11 pts this season

[North]

You can get 20 goal scorers that aren't complete black holes in every other aspect of the game.

Not when you’re trading a player that is a complete black hole in every aspect of the game.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Seriously though, what the hell happened to this guy? For years was a consistent 50-60 point scorer with a scary physical presence, and then one day he woke up and he's Jared Boll.

I'd say injuries have caught up to him, maybe too many fights and punches to the head. Hasn't this guy been concussed a few times?

 

[DJN21]

couldn't happen to a nicer guy...Prout for prez.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

But how could this be possible? I was told he came into camp extremely motivated and in the best shape of his life?

Who said this? I don't doubt his physical condition, it's his mental wellness that just isn't there.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I'd say injuries have caught up to him, maybe too many fights and punches to the head. Hasn't this guy been concussed a few times?

The guy turns like a luxury cruise liner and has the touch of sledgehammer. He is washed up, and has been for some time.

 

[Coffey]

Who said this? I don't doubt his physical condition, it's his mental wellness that just isn't there.

He said this lol Year after year after year

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The guy turns like a luxury cruise liner and has the touch of sledgehammer. He is washed up, and has been for some time.

Lucic has always turned like a luxury cruise liner, he's always been slow, it's just now he has no compete in him. When he was in Boston, what made him so good is the fire that he played with. He wanted to destroy the opposition every night and he would play mind games with them, a poor man's Iggy. He went out there every night with something to prove, now he simple doesn't give a crap.

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

A few people tried to tell us the Flames won that trade. Wonder where they are?

 

[GrizzGreen]

Generational bad contract

 

[Coffey]

Generational bad contract

Classic Chiarelli

Mind you, Hall for Larsson+Neal is much better than Hall for Larsson+Lucic

 

[3074326]

He started out the season with 7 goals in 4 games. Since then he's slowed down considerably. So that pace is pretty meaningless now.

Do those 7 goals not count? Neal still has more points in 22 games than Lucic is on pace for.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

But I bet opponents tremble in fear when they hear Lucic plodding up and down the ice. Who would want to be attacked by a lumbering sloth? That right there is worth the investment.

 

[Devonator]

I simply do not understand how such an effective hockey player can become bad so quickly? It's not like he is ancient or anything...

 

[yvrtojfk]

I can’t believe Benning tried to acquire him.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Lucic has always turned like a luxury cruise liner, he's always been slow, it's just now he has no compete in him. When he was in Boston, what made him so good is the fire that he played with. He wanted to destroy the opposition every night and he would play mind games with them, a poor man's Iggy. He went out there every night with something to prove, now he simple doesn't give a crap.

That kind of play takes a toll on you. There's a reason people say rugged warrior type players decline more sharply than skilled guys. It's because they do, almost without exception. I don't think it's compete that is Milan's problem, he's simply too slow to keep up in every aspect.

 

[tfong]

Should've traded Neal for Fabbri

 

[tapi]

Terrible decisions by Edmonton and Calgary.. I swear, TOR is the only sane team in Canada at the moment

 

[Del Preston]

Christmas 2017 is when it all went bad. He was having a good season up until then and over the four day break lost all of his offensive talent. He's had three long goal droughts since.

1 goal in 46 games
0 goals in 41 games
1 goal in 52 games (current)

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Neal will not get 40 points this season. I could see him being -40 though

still better than a guy who should be healthy scratched at this point

 

[Puckluck13]

James Neal is just as useless as lucic. Scoring pp goals that anyone would score playing with mcdavid and draisatl on the pp doesn't make him a good player.

Alex chiasson had that role last year and did the same thing.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

James Neal is just as useless as lucic. Scoring pp goals that anyone would score playing with mcdavid and draisatl on the pp doesn't make him a good player.

Alex chiasson had that role last year and did the same thing.

Yet Lucic couldn't do it.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

James Neal is just as useless as lucic. Scoring pp goals that anyone would score playing with mcdavid and draisatl on the pp doesn't make him a good player.

Alex chiasson had that role last year and did the same thing.

Neal is a threat to score every game

Lucic is a threat to his linemates every game

 

[belair]

I honestly figured that it was a confidence thing that he'd eventually shake. But I'm really starting to think that his body just can't do it anymore. He doesn't have the muscle memory or the fine motor skills to be the type of player that he used to be.

Every year he's in the best shape of his life and I honestly believe him. He's just not an elite level professional hockey player.

 

[BLNY]

James Neal is just as useless as lucic. Scoring pp goals that anyone would score playing with mcdavid and draisatl on the pp doesn't make him a good player.

Alex chiasson had that role last year and did the same thing.

Sound logic.

Alex had 22 in 73. They still have Alex in the event an injury occurs. Neal has 12 goals in 22 games. He's a better player.

Meanwhile, Lucic couldn't function in any capacity. So they dumped for a guy that didn't fit in Calgary, but had a history of scoring goals. Lucic is slated for 11 points with a cap hit of $6 million/yr and Chiasson is on pace to double Lucic's output for 1/3 the price.

As long as Lucic is under contract, this trade is a win for the Oilers.

 

[KidLine93]

and Eberle for Gagner (in the end)

Were not complaining about not paying eberle 6 million for his 30-40 points last year. I’d rather have the cap space than that deal on the books considering all the bad contracts the oilers have