[ComixZone]

Lucic's linemates last year:

Freq Line Combination
19.3 BRODZIAK,KYLE - KASSIAN,ZACK - LUCIC,MILAN
9.4 CHIASSON,ALEX - LUCIC,MILAN - NUGENT-HOPKINS,RYAN
5.4 LUCIC,MILAN - NUGENT-HOPKINS,RYAN - PULJUJARVI,JESSE
5.3 CAGGIULA,DRAKE - LUCIC,MILAN - STROME,RYAN
5.1 CAVE,COLBY - CURRIE,JOSH - LUCIC,MILAN
3.9 LUCIC,MILAN - MCDAVID,CONNOR - RATTIE,TY
3.7 DRAISAITL,LEON - LUCIC,MILAN - YAMAMOTO,KAILER
3.7 BRODZIAK,KYLE - CURRIE,JOSH - LUCIC,MILAN
3.4 CHIASSON,ALEX - DRAISAITL,LEON - LUCIC,MILAN
3.2 LUCIC,MILAN - PULJUJARVI,JESSE - STROME,RYAN

James Neal's linemates:

21.2 BENNETT,SAM - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES
9.2 BACKLUND,MIKAEL - NEAL,JAMES - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
8.3 GAUDREAU,JOHNNY - MONAHAN,SEAN - NEAL,JAMES
7.7 JANKOWSKI,MARK - MANGIAPANE,ANDREW - NEAL,JAMES
5.9 CZARNIK,AUSTIN - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES
5.2 CZARNIK,AUSTIN - NEAL,JAMES - RYAN,DEREK
4.8 BENNETT,SAM - NEAL,JAMES - RYAN,DEREK
3.7 BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - NEAL,JAMES
3 BACKLUND,MIKAEL - FROLIK,MICHAEL - NEAL,JAMES
2.5 FROLIK,MICHAEL - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES

So James Neal played with way, way better players.

Circumstance should give us some reason for optimism.