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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Right, but Lucic wasn't scoring 20 with McDavid.
So they traded a worse contract of a worse player who couldn't produce for a bad contract for a player who actually can.
If Neal scores 40 points next year playing with McDavid and Lucic scores 20 points playing with Jankowski, it's a home run for Edmonton.
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Not really. As noted, Alex Chiasson was basically a 40 point player with McDavid and Draisaitl. If Neal only manages that much, then he's replacement level for what the Oilers had last year. If Chiasson falls back to a bottom six role, will he reach 20 points - a total he managed once in his three previous seasons? If he doesn't, the Oilers actually
lose.
Neal needs to be a 70 point guy with those two for this to be a "home run". Most likely this will either end up as a fielders choice for them, or they are lucky, a bunt single.
On our side, I don't see anything approaching an offensive resurgence from Lucic. If he simply matches Neal's 19 points, we will be fortunate. The potential win for us would be if we can find someone who doesn't completely suck to take those 140 power play minutes.