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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Neal's goals seem to have depended on his role and linemates. With top guys he's a guy who gets in the 30s. But even in a secondary role he can get you mid 20s. That's a positive to the Flames and a credit to him.
Has he played much RW? That would factor in for me.
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pretty sure Neal has played a lot as a RW.
if people looked at the roster before the carolina trade and after, its definitely better on paper...
while one can argue about whether Hanifin will be as good as Hamilton offensively, i believe it will be pretty close and i also think Hanifin will actually be better defensively than Dougie was.
up front we've added Neal and Lindholm and Ryan, while only losing Ferland... that's potentially a big leap forward...
the lack of a NMC swings that Neal deal into the plus side of the ledger for me.... and he's a surly SOB in the mode of Tkachuk, which is awesome