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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Chaisson basically doubled his goal production going from the Flames (one year of Capitals in between) to the Oilers getting a career high 22 goals. I know Flames fans are going to cling to Neal not bouncing back but it's virtually a certainty that he in fact does that as he's going to benefit from playing with McDavid and having a top 6 role. This is why the deal is so bad because Lucic couldn't play top 6 with the Oilers and they got a player in return that can and will play top 6 for them.
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Yes, but if the Oilers are playing Neal with McDavid, we, as Flames' fans, have nothing to worry about. Acquiring Neal doesn't make them good, it simply continues the tradition of suck. It guarantees that they remain no good.