Last year Lucic and Chiasson scored 28 goals making a combined 6.6M (cap hit).
This year Neal (+Lucic) and Chiasson will be making a combined 8.7M (cap hit). Yet I'd be willing to bet they don't score much more than the 28 goals.
Yes, it's hard to look at it in a pure vacuum like that but that's why I'm not really afraid of the Oilers coming out on top of this trade even if Neal has a decent season playing in the top six.
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