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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
If Neal was proving his worth, the Flames likely have at least another 2-3 wins on the season, looking at how many games were lost due to lack of secondary scoring. That puts them fighting with TB for the league lead instead of in a 3 horse race with Vegas and SJ for the pacific division. Neal has hurt and is hurting the Flames with his play, I'd rather his spot go to one of the AHL callups who at least would have some motivation
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That's some pretty good speculating you are doing. In order for the needle to be moved like that, not only does Neal have to score more, it has to be in the particular games that needed secondary scoring (in other words, where the Flames were shut down by the other team's defensive play or good goaltending). Games in which Backlund, et al also didn't score I guess. Does a Neal goal win those games? Sure, I guess. But that's getting mighty speculative.