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Originally Posted by monkeyman
Neal has a 36% shooting percentage. McDavid, Crosby and Kane have never had a full year scoring at that percentage. on top of that, he has zero assists. so if he's not scoring, not defending, not hitting, not assisting, when his scoring reverts back to the mean, he's going to be as useless as he was last year and likely pouting if he's still not on the power play or the top two lines.
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I very much doubt that Neal will get pouty this year. Edmonton has no choice but to play him in their top six and on their powerplay, because he might be the Oilers's fourth best player. They cannot afford to move him down the lineup like Calgary could.