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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I didn't like the signing from the day it happened (mostly since I thought the cap space would be needed for Tkachuk to re-sign) but James Neal and Troy Brouwer signings weren't 100% the same.
Brouwer was a guy that had poor underlying and advanced stat numbers before coming to Calgary. That one had bad contract written all over it from day one and a lot of the pundits didn't it like it from the day it was signed.
Neal was different in that he actually had pretty good advanced stats numbers in Vegas and Nashville, and that some of the advanced stats crowd actually thought he would be a good fit in the top 6 in Calgary.
People expected his play to drop off in the back half of the contract but nobody thought he'd fall off so drastically and so quick.
Trevling still needs to take the blame since in the end it was his fault, but not exactly a direct parallel in those two signings.
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While I tend to agree with a lot of this, they were both 30yo middle six wingers who were never known for being fleet of foot.
I hated both signings the second I heard them.
And in Neals case, the last thing we needed was another left shot winger.