khay Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Good. He is not a difference maker type player anyways and as many people have stated, his antics will not go unpunished if he does them as a Canuck. Knowing JB, he would have thrown 7 years x 7-8 million dollars at this guy had he hit the UFA market. I'm glad that he is committed to staying LA Kings for the rest of his life. I hope he doesn't pull off some bs later on when things don't go well and say that it has been his dream to play for his hometown team and tries to come here when he is like 34 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Lots of money to spend and the free agent class keeps getting thinner and thinner. I am not sure this will work out for Lucic as LA has the big contract for Kopitar coming up. They are masterful at manipulating the cap well beyond the rules. Not sure I really wanted him either. Byfuglien would have been better but not at 7.6M/year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 If the Kings can afford him long term he definitely helps the Kings and his size and skill are nothing to laugh at so not sure where all the " sign him LA haha use up your remaining cap " or " Bah never wanted the scum bag in Vancouver couldn't sign fast enough " comments are coming from. The player is intimidating to play against, absolutely destroys players with his hits and can take the puck to the net. He would be a nice fit in Vancouver but likely not on a winner where as in LA he could be on a championship team in any of the next five seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 La needs to somehow find a taker for Brown or buy him out. What a waste of almost 6m against the cap good god that was a bad signing. Lucic maybe goes the gaborik route, long term lower cap hit. Gaborik was older when he signed and his cap hit is under 5m. Lucic 8yrs 44m NMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 They can have him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Canucks Curse said: would you really pay 6 mill a year for a big guy who cannot even get 20 goals on one of the best teams in the league? That team is not really a goal scoring team. They win by playing a hard to play against style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It won't be up to Lucic. The NHL is running the business, not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp79 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 15 minutes ago, hammertime said: They can have him. Its funny to me how ypu people think he is the second coming of Christ. When he has less goals then vrbara who me included all rip. has 6 more points the vrbata playing on a top line that is one of the best in the league and show me one clip except the one he missed and punched out a rerf. The guy is washed up and will be one of those signings we look back and say wtf were the kings or any team thinking. he also has 3 more goals then mcann who plays on the 4th line and shows just as much grit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortankin Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Maniwaki Canuck said: Let it be so! LA can bury themselves under some ridiculous contract and we won't have to hear about how much better this cave man would make us. Someone will start selling coke and have their contract terminated with no penalties to the Kings. Must be nice to be a fan of Bettmans. Imagine if it was the Canucks player lol.. Oh my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 We'll take Okposo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanisleryan Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 He should be where he wants to be....only want guys here who want to be here. Look no further than Prust for an example of no passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 minute ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: We'll take Okposo Yes please. Don't particularly want anything to do with Lucic. Let him be an anchor on the king's cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on the cycle Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 good don't want an overrated, overpaid, fake tough guy to take away a spot from a young guy I'd rather watch anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Rod Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Of course he says that. They always say that. We will see come Sept 16th, 2016. I dont want him here, but i see them going after Stammer over Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Bo Hunter Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 would rather Boedker anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 what else is he going to say. He's not going to say i am signing with the Canucks in the off season when he is a king. Same thing happened with kesler when the new came out he demanded a trade he denied it from all of his interviews. I think he even said i want to be canucks for the rest of my life. No player will say that they want to sign with a certain team when they are under contract by another team. They might say they want to test free agency to put pressor on the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Like a few others have said, good news, I originally liked the idea of him here, he is a tough as hell and probably one of the toughest and best fighters, not to mention, he's pure vancouverrite but really, dude is a punk as a player as it gets the stuff he does is quite disgusting. He will be an embarrassment for our team, not to mention with the league going so hard on us, last thing we want is another bait player the league can be used as an excuse for the Vancouver Canucks. i wish his dreams come true and he remains a king until his career ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boddy604 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I wonder how many threads of Lucic hate it'll take before people actually look at his career stats and realize he's not just an enforcer? Hate him all you want, he's still more productive than the majority of our roster every single year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 37 minutes ago, bp79 said: Its funny to me how ypu people think he is the second coming of Christ. When he has less goals then vrbara who me included all rip. has 6 more points the vrbata playing on a top line that is one of the best in the league and show me one clip except the one he missed and punched out a rerf. The guy is washed up and will be one of those signings we look back and say wtf were the kings or any team thinking. he also has 3 more goals then mcann who plays on the 4th line and shows just as much grit Except that unlike Vrbata when Lucic isn't scoring he isn't utterly useless so there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Weeks let it slip during the Torts Flames fiasco "He's not in new York anymore" Lucic would not get away with the crap he pulls on a non darling. He would finally find the suspensions he deserved playing for us or a team like ours unless he miraculously started to play clean upon signing here and if he did play clean would he still be useful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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