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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
It's funny, because Neal was pretty atrocious in Vegas from an analytical standpoint. He was bad! But what kept him aloft -- and what kept him scoring -- was playing with two similarly-paced and higher-skilled linemates in Haula and Perron.
Keep the Mangiapane and Ryan chemistry going. And slide Neal right into Frolik's soon-to-be-vacated spot on line 2, where he can play with two high-skilled linemates and work well with them without dragging them down. This isn't a Brouwer situation at all.
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I think this is a variation of Chicken and egg though- If neal (even in LV) was only able to put up numbers due to some productive linemates, then it could be possible that a better player put in that same position would actually yield better overall results for the team. Just because one player succeeds more when put into a specific position does not mean that the whole team is performing better, I would posit that it likely means that the whole team has become slightly worse than it could be in order to elevate that one player.