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Originally Posted by pepper24
What we're seeing from Neal is that last season was an off year. 2 long playoff runs with Nashville and Vegas didn't allow him to properly train over the summer. With Flames early exit he had a full summer to rest and train.
Flames took gamble that he was in decline rather than having an offseason. With getting that wrong the Flames miss out on a legit 20+ goal scorer along with now getting an awful, slow Lucic as a replacement. Huge miss and terrible trade.
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He and Gary Roberts are going to have to explain how off ice summer training can turn a 4.1% shooting percentage into 47%.
Do that and they will have a huge investment opportunity in the off season.