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Originally Posted by Saqe
Being 6th on the team in points is nothing to write home about when you're getting the icetime and opportunity he got. If that team hadn't been on fire he would've probably scored points similarly to this year.
He was pretty good in the playoffs though. Which is why I suspect he got the contract he did.
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James Neal ranked seventh among forwards in average ice time for the 2017-18 season when he played in VGK. He was third among forwards in powerplay mins, but was easily most effective at even strength, ranking sixth in EV scoring among forwards.
Quite to the contrary, James Neal was actually on target for production relative to ice-time and opportunity in 2017–18, despite missing 11 games.