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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Chaisson basically doubled his goal production going from the Flames (one year of Capitals in between) to the Oilers getting a career high 22 goals. I know Flames fans are going to cling to Neal not bouncing back but it's virtually a certainty that he in fact does that as he's going to benefit from playing with McDavid and having a top 6 role. This is why the deal is so bad because Lucic couldn't play top 6 with the Oilers and they got a player in return that can and will play top 6 for them.
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There is no chance Neal is going to be playing on the top line. When Mcdavid gets into the opposing teams zone neal will still be trying to pass the center line.
I don't think this deal is as bad as some make it out to be. Neal was never going to make top 6 on our team. 1st line is intact. The 2nd line goes against the opposing teams top line. Do people really think Neal and his "great" defensive play was going to paly with Backlund? Do i want Lucic..no ,but i rather have him on our bottom 6 than Neal.