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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
It's a crap for crap trade, I wish the sweetener was more without conditions because I don't think the conditions get met. I hated both players last year, but I think Lucic has a better chance of playing a role on this team than Neal. The savings in cap space is nice and we also won't have to waste cap on Prout or Peluso.
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I hear this, but why?
Neal becomes their 4th best forward. A guy who ended his tenure here as a healthy scratch. Hes going to get tons more icetime and opportunity to provide absolutely nothing but muffin-goals just like McDavid.
Neal will produce, but it will come at the expense of guys like Chiasson and Kassian' production....whoop-de-doo. Same goals just scored by different doofuses. Doofi? James Neal? Either way.
I can easily see Neal outscoring Lucic by a wide margin because thats not what Lucic is here for or the role hes likely to play, but in Edmonton they had no choice. He was garbage but just marginally better than their other garbage. In Edmonton he was merely a shinier turd.