The only thing I'll say in support of Calgary's take, is that they are at least getting the better version of bad Lucic. He is being physical, which you could barely argue in many of the games here the last two years. He'd have a game or two where he'd crush someone, but then disappear for multiple games with virtual no-hitters. Hell, he even fought somebody on the Kings. That never happened in Edmonton no matter how many cheap shots they threw at Connor.
However, I'd much rather a guy contribute to scoring with where the Oilers as a team currently are.
Lurch did lead the Oilers in hits last season and lots of good hits in the mix so he was doing that.
But not many fights. He had two all of last season, just two.
He's had 2 fights in 3 GP with the Flames so far.
Pretty sure he owes Katz some money.
There was always something wrong with Lucic here and part of it is the team had Maroon, Kass, Nurse already. Guys that could already perform the role and that had some talent. Lucic was always redundant here. An interesting thing is that Maroon and Kass were tight here and both were often part of the good times and you could tell when they were happy. Never really got that impression from Lucic or that he was connected with those guys. Lucic for years has been one of the biggest jokes in the league. A player that has had so many classless moments that teams just consider himself a tough clown. I think about how hard it could be to never think about that if you're a team mate of his. Some guys just aren't well liked. Some of the players here said the right things but I wonder what they really felt.
For instance we've seen Draisaitl praise Kassians play at length 3 times already this season. Stating that Kass is way more talented to play with than people think, that he's fun to play with and the guy makes lots of plays. Someone find a clip where Drai is doing this regarding Lucic.
