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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
McDavid can turn junk into gold. I don't think Neal could've asked for a better center than McDavid. A guy who can draw double teams and find open teammates ala Neal. I think that's where Neal is most effective, when he's open and free to unleash his shot. Too bad he's terrible everywhere else.
My hope is he actually hurts McDavid's game especially on the defensive end so it ends up being a wash. So if Neal ends up netting 20-30 goals, maybe McDavid ends up as a minus player.
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That is, if he is able to get open anywhere where it actually counts. There are very few examples of Neal actually managing to find a good spot to shoot from last season. In fact, the only place on the ice he was regularly open was in his own defensive zone, just cruising around on his own watching the play. He won't score a lot of goals from his own zone, that's for sure.