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Originally Posted by Geeoff
If Neal is anything like Brouwer, he'll probably be worse this year than last. I wouldn't get your hopes up for a rebound.
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Nothing in Neal's history shows he's anything like Brouwer. The only similarities is that they were both UFA signings.
Prior to signing in Calgary:
James Neal - 703 GP, 263 G, 232 A, 495 PTS
Troy Brouwer - 613GP, 150 G, 144 A, 294 PTS
Hell, even when we had Troy Brouwer we had a coach dumb enough to continue forcing him onto PP1 - even in his 2nd season! James Neal did not get that same opportunity (rightfully so) thanks to us actually employing a competent coach that rewarded production/penalized lack of production.