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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Oh, it's a trend. Lucic has had 3 straight seasons of diminishing point totals. The first season was marginal, but he also had a lot of 1st line ice time that year. It's a very common trajectory for players around 30 to have a slight drop off, then a bigger drop-off, and then an even bigger one after that. Very few players that I can think of ever pull back up after that point.
Right now, Neal is just had one down season (although it was way down). It's more difficult to infer a trend with just one data point though.
I like the other things Lucic brings over Neal though, so I don't mind the trade in general, but I can see it being a better deal for Edmonton.
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So you are ragging on Lucic’s 50pt season in Edmonton? In the last 3 years Neal has failed to score 45pts in a single season which is a significant decline from his 58pts 4 years ago. Neal has been trending down for 3 years as well unless his climb from 41ptsmin his last year in Nashville to 45pts in Vegas is a big step forward?