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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I think that's his point. It's not that he wants to be right. It's that he *is* right. People have been breaking their backs in this and the E=NG threads trying to rationalize the fact that the bloody Oilers kicked the crap out of Treliving on this trade.
We all agree that Neal was a bad signing in the first place. And we all mostly agree that he had to go. But that doesn't really change the fact that (a) Neal has already done more in six games for Edmonton than he did in 87 for us and (b) Milan Lucic is likely to be a worse player for us this year than Neal was last year.
All of these "but the powerplay doesn't count" and "but Neal's fancystats are poor" and "but Chiasson" arguments are just desperate attempts to avoid having to take a big, juicy bite out of that crapburger.
Treliving made us worse, and our rival better. Some people here just need to start accepting and dealing with that fact.
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Long term I think it was still the right move. And I also believe that the stats are going to fall into a more normal and expected place.
I continue to believe that Edmonton will not come out better at the end of the day. I don't think Neal will move the needle on their success this year. And going forward it's going to get worse, not better, for them.