Flames' Lucic proves he can still throw down with the best of 'em

After going the first 43 games of his 2022\u002D23 regular season without dropping the gloves for a proper tilt, Lucic has made up for lost time,

Then, on Monday, Lucic decided to drop them again and deliver some proper haymakers against the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier.

Lucic is, after all, currently being tasked with playing on the Flames’ second line alongside Nazem Kadri and Jonathan Huberdeau. His role isn’t simply to go out there and beat up guys.Article content “It’s just one of those things that kind of happened,” Lucic said. “It’s just the emotions of the game and getting into it that way. That’s basically it.”

His teammates felt it, too, with Dillon Dube – who scored the overtime game-winner against the Blue Jackets on Monday night – crediting Lucic for providing a badly needed blast of emotion and energy in the second period.Article content

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