James Neal Buyout

[dino7c]

Brouwer had 13 goals in his first season in Calgary...better than the 7 of Neal who was brought in to actually score goals lol

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

"DEAD SPACE" needs to be on the back of a jersey.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Young Guns

I'm sure its been asked a time or two but I don't fully understand how to read these charts.

SA=Shots against per 60 min
GA=Goals against per 60 min
HDCA = High Danger chances?
SCA = Scoring Chance against?
CA - ?

Corsi Against (CA) per 60 minutes
Shots Against (SA) per 60 minutes
Expected Goals Against (xGA) per 60
Scoring Chances Against (SGA) per 60
High Danger Corsi Against (HDCA) per 60

Further

CA - shot attempt against from anywhere
SCA - shot attempt against from inside the home plate
HDCA - shot attempt against from inside the home plate coming on a pass, deflection or rebound

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Yep!

Pre Sutter
CA60 53.4
SA60 30.7
xGA60 2.1
SCA60 25.0
HDCA60 10.1

With Sutter
CA60 45.7
SA60 25.1
xGA60 1.8
SCA60 21.6
HDCA60 7.7

those are all down about 20%, HD chances down 32%

Great to see them tightening up the defence. What do the corresponding offensive stats look like - my impression is that they declined (not surprising with increased defensive focus) but hopefully by a lesser extent.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Great to see them tightening up the defence. What do the corresponding offensive stats look like - my impression is that they declined (not surprising with increased defensive focus) but hopefully by a lesser extent.

Exactly

The average change of the defensive stats is +21% (to the good).
The average change of the offensive stats is -1.5% (to the bad)

Splits on the five categories improved by 8.5%

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Exactly

The average change of the defensive stats is +21% (to the good).
The average change of the offensive stats is -1.5% (to the bad)

Splits on the five categories improved by 8.5%

Excellent

[Lanny'sDaMan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1420414620871774210


Is official AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[AC]

Can't believe I forgot to repost this given the buyout:

[JackIsBack]

So no one picked him off of free agency yet.... I really thought if he lowered his price that someone would take a chance on him, but either he’s too conceited to lower his price (maybe he’s not wrong and someone will take him) or he’s not accepting offers, or no one is offering.

I think people here are right.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by JackIsBack

So no one picked him off of free agency yet.... I really thought if he lowered his price that someone would take a chance on him, but either he’s too conceited to lower his price (maybe he’s not wrong and someone will take him) or he’s not accepting offers, or no one is offering.

I think people here are right.

If anyone does actually sign Neal it won't happen until right before training camp. He might get picked up on a PTO.

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[Erick Estrada]

I wonder if he accepts a PTO or if he packs it in for a career.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I wonder if he accepts a PTO or if he packs it in for a career.

I don’t see it happening. Guy can’t play anymore. It would be a league minimum contract and they’d bury him after 3 games.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by MrMike

It would be a league minimum contract and they’d bury him after 3 games.

I know you mean ‘bury his contract in the minors’, but I find it much more fun to imagine physically burying Neal himself. Is that wrong?

[Stud_McCool]

Would it be funny if he signed league minimum to play for the Flames again? That way, Edmonton is paying both Lucic and Neal to play for the Flames.

[direwolf]

Haha, stupid Oilers!

[Reggie Dunlop]

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by AC

Can't believe I forgot to repost this given the buyout:

Homer was right - a grown man getting hit in the twig and berries is rarely not funny.

[Strange Brew]

NHL GM’s seem far more willing to buy out contracts than most fans. Maybe because their time with the organization is limited and most fans are hooked for life.

[JackIsBack]

Originally Posted by Stud_McCool

Would it be funny if he signed league minimum to play for the Flames again? That way, Edmonton is paying both Lucic and Neal to play for the Flames.

It would be.... but we can only guess at what Neal’s issues are in the room, but if he’s truly bad for team moral like many suspect here, he won’t be joining the Flames at any price, if he was a great teammate, I can see this happening like we did for Stone, but again, I suspect everyone is right on this forum and that Neal is a bad apple, making everyone around him bad.

I remember watching a podcast of McDavid, Neal, Draisaitl, and one or two others. (Can’t remember who).... it was the “in group” for Edmonton.... and how cocky they all were including Neal.... I can’t see this as being good for the rest of the team.

[FanIn80]