RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 20 December 2018 15:52

CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 20 December 2018 15:36 RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 20 December 2018 15:35 Kr55 wrote on Thu, 20 December 2018 15:28 RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 20 December 2018 15:26 OH thank god someone reminded us all that Lucic's contract sucks. It's only been made a day or 2 since the last time. The need to give him that contract has ended up being one of the main reasons we are stuck with an at best wildcard team right now. And it's gonna be a pain in the butt for years to come if we don't find a way to get rid of it. Every year from here on out that we are not contenders with McDavid should be considered a huge failure by management. Next year is year 5 of the 5 year plan. Not arguing one bit about it. It's a bad, bad contract and a huge mistake. Just don't think a person needs to hear about it every single day. I'd rather forget and try to focus on the few good things rather than beat down by the bad. Reality is as it is. If you focus on good, while ignoring the bad, one tends to be surprised by how reality manifests. Reals over feels. I am not ignoring the bad. It stares me in the face every single time I turn on the game or sit in the stands as soon as #27 jumps over the boards. I just don't feel the need to obsess about it by constantly mentioning it every day. The contract sucks, it will always suck. There is most likely no way he can or will EVER live up to it. It will probably be one of those contracts that get written about as being terrible every time some hockey writer or blogger has nothing else to write about. So it's here and here to stay. So how do they work with it or work around it, that should be the question.

I think it was only brought up in a funny way on this thread though :)

I was mainly just trying to focus on Lucic. If he's staying, he needs to accept he is just a 4th line level contributor now and keep bringing the kind of effort level that a really good 4th liner brings. He should watch Ryan Reaves highlights. That guy is trying to take heads off every shift. He gets in everyone face and somehow is able to produce pretty decently too because the guy is 100% engaged every game and tries to physically dominate everyone. Seriously, if Lucic tried to act like that, fans would probably love him, even if he only gets 10 goals a year. But I think he still thinks he is embarrassing himself by not putting up 50+ points and that eats away at everything he is able to do for the team.

Oh, and his contract SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not sure you knew that

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000