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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
And fact of the matter is both of the guys are still bad at 5v5.
Neal: CF - 48.8%, xGF%- 44.5%
Lucic: CF - 46.4%. xGF% - 46.0%
And James Neal is very much the same player at 5v5 as he was in Calgary for the first 6 games here.
First 6 games in Calgary at even strength: Goals 1, Shots 8, ixG - 0.61, xGF%-44.8%
First 6 games in Edmonton at even strength: Goals 2, Shots 9, ixG-0.41, xGF% - 44.5%
But for sure... as long as he keeps shooting 50% on the PP while being force fed PP minutes with Draisaitl, and McDavid that trade is going to look great for them.
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Hope Lucic gets back to that no event hockey player that he was in Edmonton, that's a big part of this deal being a saw off for me. If he's just as bad defensively as Neal is he won't out produce him and with that Edmonton certainly has the better of the deal until the offensive wheels fall of Neal and make both players boat anchors.
Neal led the Oilers last year in CF% at 50.72%, and he was their best five on five player for what he gave up while on the ice at 53.1 CA60.
Out of 15 skaters last year in Calgary Neal was ranked last in CF%, last in CA60.