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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Am I the only one who doesn't care at all about what Neal does in Edmonton?
Nothing he does for that terrible team will change how poor a fit he was here. We could -- and did -- spitballi ad nauseum about line combos and possible sources of motivation, but his totally unconvincing performance last year will not be difficult to improve upon. All Lucic has to do is to be a presence out there. Neal was never a presence.
If Lucic can light a fire under this team with huge hits (and remember, he tied his career-high in them last year), then I really couldn't care less about how many tap-ins Neal gets playing with McDavid.
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Good take. Neal wasn't going to set the world on fire on this team anyway, so might as well see if he can do better playing for a defensive minded coach like Tippett-he didn't seem to fit in well to Peters' puck possession /transition game here, and fancy stats show that Lucic has a better chance of success on our team.