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Originally Posted by Bingo
Had a look back at Neal's last three seasons. He's had a lot of time with second tier players, not a lot of time with top tier players.
Most frequency was the Perron/Haula combination last year. Second is Colin Wilson and Jarnkrok ... so his linemates this season probably seem somewhat familiar to him. He did spend some time Johansson and Forsberg and Johansson and Arvidsson in Nashville though.
His best combinations for expected GF%
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P1 P2 P3 Season Team GP TOI xGF%
ALEX.TUCH ERIK.HAULA JAMES.NEAL 2016-2019 VGK 11 30.2 66.14
CALLE.JARNKROK COLIN.WILSON JAMES.NEAL 2016-2019 NSH 31 196.65 63.67
JAMES.NEAL RYAN.JOHANSEN VIKTOR.ARVIDSSON 2016-2019 NSH 33 141.11 63.56
CALLE.JARNKROK JAMES.NEAL KEVIN.FIALA 2016-2019 NSH 16 61.32 60
JAMES.NEAL MARK.JANKOWSKI SAM.BENNETT 2016-2019 CGY 13 40.65 59.04
CALLE.JARNKROK JAMES.NEAL MIKE.RIBEIRO 2016-2019 NSH 8 48.82 53.3
JAMES.NEAL JONATHAN.MARCHESSAULT WILLIAM.KARLSSON 2016-2019 VGK 53 42.85 52.03
FILIP.FORSBERG JAMES.NEAL RYAN.JOHANSEN 2016-2019 NSH 56 131.16 50.18
DAVID.PERRON ERIK.HAULA JAMES.NEAL 2016-2019 VGK 48 533.33 48.95
DEREK.RYAN JAMES.NEAL SAM.BENNETT 2016-2019 CGY 16 25.8 44.98
CODY.EAKIN DAVID.PERRON JAMES.NEAL 2016-2019 VGK 43 136.53 44.09
JAMES.NEAL JOHNNY.GAUDREAU SEAN.MONAHAN 2016-2019 CGY 21 27.52 44.08
ERIK.HAULA JAMES.NEAL TOMAS.TATAR 2016-2019 VGK 5 49.3 43.94
COLIN.WILSON JAMES.NEAL MIKE.FISHER 2016-2019 NSH 29 95.05 43.16
ERIK.HAULA JAMES.NEAL OSCAR.LINDBERG 2016-2019 VGK 19 35.57 40.3
JAMES.NEAL MATTHEW.TKACHUK MIKAEL.BACKLUND 2016-2019 CGY 17 49.03 40.13
Last place ... the Backlund/Tkachuk line
A few tiers up Monahan/Gaudreau |
So does that mean we need to throw xGF% out the window?
When he is on a line with guys in the top 20 of the NHL in points they aren’t expected to outscore the opposition?