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Originally Posted by Bingo
With four years left nobody claims victory after one season, especially the one where Neal is more likely to rebound.
But I hear you ... Neal will be judged on counting stats regardless of who he plays with because that's all he does.
The Flames bottom six will be better with the switch out for Calgary, and hopefully goal differential shows that as well.
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I'm not convinced that switching out Hathaway and Neal for Lucic is a net positive for the Flames.
I think Lucic - Jankowski - Bennett is worse than Hathaway - Jankowski - Bennett
But
Bennett - Ryan - Mangiapane is better than Bennett - Ryan - Neal
It's not earth shattering but I don't think the Flames are better than they were last year at this point and will get worse barring a home run for Frolik and Brodie, which still has to happen because Lucic is still making 5+
At this point I think the best possible outcome for Calgary is this is a lateral move.