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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It has to be at least a little concerning for Oilers fans that their third-best forward is getting buried in possession with a CF% of 43.3, and has so far 0 ES points through four games.
Sure, Neal helps the Oilers powerplay; but how much of a drain is he on one of their most important players? It seems likely to me that anything gained by Neal's resurgence will easily be lost in Nugent-Hopkins's inevitable decline from last year.
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Has Neal been more of a drain than Lucic would have been had he stayed? No
Has Lucic improved the fortunes of the Flames over Neal? Debatable
For the Oilers Neal has absolutely been a net positive over Lucic.