He was pretty productive before he got to Pittsburgh. Always a 20+ goal scorer, even when missing significant time.
Neal is the type of player who is known for not really being able to produce a whole lot of offense by himself. HOWEVER, on a line with Barkov he doesn't need to do that. All he needs to do is wait for a pass from Barky and score. That being said as long as the trade isn't ridiculous for Neal I would welcome him with open arms here, reputation or not.