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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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Not really, he's getting goals standing at the net on powerplays while teams are honest to McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH, and Klefbom. Nothing more. He's not playing better outside of being opportunistic.