Martin Skoula
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- Oct 18, 2017
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Prior ti his last 80 games, where he appears to have fallen so far off a cliff quicker than any athlete ive ever seen, Lucic posted a 10 year career of 45-55 poimts every year while being an absolute force on skates. Yes the term was long, but i believe every GM in the league would have signed him given the chance.
You cant use the most extreme example anyone has seen in years as some sort of standard.
Clarkson, Ladd, Clowe, Kane, even actually skilled guys like Perry. Simmonds is going to be the next mistake that people are going to pretend "you just couldn't see coming".
Unless we're talking about elite skill that happens to be tough (think Iginla), making long-term cap commitments to toughness is bar-none the stupidest thing you can do in this league. Bonus points if it's a retirement contract that takes the player through 35+.