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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Someone is going to play on McDavid's wing and thus, presumably, pot a bunch of goals.
If it's Neal, then the Oilers are not a better team.
Those stats may make you and some other people feel that the Oilers won the trade. But it's about winning, not how many goals some player gets. And if you're wasting another year of McDavid by putting Neal on his wing so that Neal gets some goals and it looks good optically for the trade, well... that's not winning.
The Oilers remain a disaster, regardless of this trade.
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Fully agree, but it also means they are less bad. We took on one of the worst, if not THE worst, contract in the league. Maybe in the history of the league (cap era).
If the Oilers win that trade (and I think they did) you don’t do it. Needed toughness? Re-sign Hathaway to start with.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that Lucic > Neal, but I ain’t holding my breath...
Why do I hate the trade? Because I’m quite positive that Neal didn’t drop off a cliff, while Lucic has been an anchor for years and declining still.