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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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Chiasson scoring 22 and Lucic scoring 6 is no different if Neal scores 20 and Chiasson scores 8 next year because Neal displaced him from a cushy position. Except that they would be paying more because of Neal+Lucic's retention.
Now if Neal just plays on the second line and scores 20 goals, that's a huge difference.