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 Adam
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| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 20 July 2019 09:54 |
| CrudeRemarks wrote on Fri, 19 July 2019 19:09 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 19 July 2019 18:58 |
The Looch has spoken:
https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/play-my-game-play-hard-be-ph ysical/c-308305740
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"What I wanted,'' the newest Flame, Milan Lucic, is explaining from the family's off-season ocean-side digs in Manhattan Beach, Calif., "is to walk into a situation where I could just focus on playing and helping the team win.
"When I arrived in Edmonton three years ago I was really excited, believe me. I wanted it to work, so badly, but - in retrospect - maybe I put too much on my plate.
"Looking back now, I think I put too much pressure on myself, trying to be this … guy.
"This leader. This player. This power forward. This big presence off the ice. All this type of stuff.
"I didn't feel like myself at all.
"I'm not blaming anyone there for that. Whatsoever. I just bit off more than I could chew.
"And I think in this situation I can just be myself. Just go about my business; play my game. Play hard. Be physical. Be a good teammate.
"That was definitely one of the things really appealing for me."
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"In order for me to move on from Edmonton it was important to go to a contending team, a team that was playing meaningful hockey on a night-to-night basis,'' he emphasizes. "Throughout my career that's brought out the best in me and in my game.
"This is a bit more of an older team, with an older captain, which I had in Boston with Zdeno (Chara). Gio is coming off his best year, winning the Norris Trophy - and deservedly so. That's a great starting point for any team.
"Missing the playoffs three of the last four years … I don't want to do that anymore. As I said, I want to be playing meaningful hockey on a night-to-night basis and with the excitement and energy I can bring I think this will revitalize me and help this team take the next step."
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I guess he thinks the Flames are a better situation for him to be a passenger and still be able to be a part of winning.
Could be right.
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I read that as “I’m not a difference-maker, I’m a passenger and unable to be part of the solution in Edmonton”. Which frankly is the truth.
Normally I would wish him well but since it’s the flames I hope he continues his rapid decline but stays healthy and off LTIR
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THat comment about how the flames have an older captain...not sure I like that. I guess he was really out of his element being expected to be a leader. Who could have predicted that? Guy always talked a big game, but he needed to hide behind a strong group of veterans like he had in LA and Boston.
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I never got the sense that Lucic is exactly a Rhodes scholar. I think he’s along the same lines as Ryan Smyth. Not smart, and with a big sense of entitlement from hearing so many times how great he is, what a leader he is, etc. but without actually having much for real leadership qualities other than trying hard. Lucic, like Ference before him, was cast as a dressing room leader before being in the dressing room and without even knowing most of the guys yet. He’s not an overly charismatic guy, and so I think it unlikely his mere presence inspired anyone.
Apparently Matt Benning told an event several months ago that he and Caggiula were taken for lunch by Lucic in their rookie season. At that lunch he told them that they weren’t going to be friends because they might get traded or not make it and Lucic didn’t really want to get attached. The story was told in an entertaining way - this weird thing happened to me at work sort of thing - but still...
Apparently Neal can be prickly and arrogant and hasn’t always fit in to dressing rooms too but I think the change here is better for everyone (and really, I’m just still so thrilled Lucic is gone.)
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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