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Corn Flake said:Kush said:Corn Flake said:Lucic is probably the prototypical modern era player who can fight. He can go with basically anyone and produces. He also does a great job of intimidating that not only does he bring the physical presence, he's going to be out there every 3rd or 4th shift, making his presence known all game long vs. a 5 min / night enforcer you know is on the bench for the 3rd period.
That said, I think by 32 he will be done. Players of his structure and style of game have almost always faded fast at that age.
Zach Kassian is another example, albeit not established yet. Was also pretty high on TO's radar back in his draft year.
I think of him more like a Steve Downie or a (since he's being marketed here) Chris Neil. A bit of a nutjob who may or may not be able to tone his game down enough to survive long term.
He does have elements of both those guys. Kassian is bat sh*t crazy like Downie, but he's also twice as big as him. His skill level is a lot higher than Neil's too.