We poop on Lucic up north, but we got our own big money dud in Neal.
It's nice to be paying almost 6 million to a player that gets chances. Too bad chances don't equal goals on the scoreboard.
He's paid to score goals, and he's not doing that. When the first line isn't producing, this is when the team needs to rely on Neal to do so. He hasn't been fulfilling his role at all, but luckily the team has been able to carry on without him just fine. So it hasn't hurt the team aside from the pocketbook
But if there's a stretch when the team falters a bit and offense dries up, then Neal is going to get a lot more heat if he isn't producing by then.
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