Player Discussion Predict James Neal pt totals for this coming season
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Mr Positive
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if he lives up to his cap hit, and the Lucic retention, what a gift that would be.
It kind of fixes our whole cap problem. We'd still have a lot of dead cap from buyouts, but that's workable. It's only bad for the next two seasons. After that, I think a combo of growing cap plus expiring deals, can give us the cap space we need to keep players.
It kind of fixes our whole cap problem. We'd still have a lot of dead cap from buyouts, but that's workable. It's only bad for the next two seasons. After that, I think a combo of growing cap plus expiring deals, can give us the cap space we need to keep players.
joestevens29
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I don't even know that he has to live up to his cap hit. Just being a 4mil player will go a long ways for us.
Todd from Leduc
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The Neal hype is building, guys on the main board are now saying what I already was saying about Neal getting 40+ goals.
It’s a good time to be an Oil fan boys!!!
It’s a good time to be an Oil fan boys!!!
joestevens29
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I don't know, suppose to be a real deep draft not sure I want to give up that pick even if it means we are competitive all year with a shot at the playoffs.If he keeps playing the way he is playing... well worth the extra 3rd rounder that conditionally could go with Lucc.
The Real Steal James Neal!
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So what you’re saying is we should never try to improve the team cause it might be a good draft pick?
joestevens29
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Neal was burnt out from two Stanley Cup appearances in the two seasons prior to signing with Calgary. We will get the 'old' Neal, plus. PPlay plus 2 and 1 line mix will result in 35 goals and same number of assists. Great year for Neal is ahead!
JustJokinenAround
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exactly. he played in back to back stanley cup runs at 30+ he was gassed. james neal is too good of a hockey player to score 20+ for the better part of a decade and then out of nowhere he is dead weight and can't put up 10. there is pressure on him but its not the same pressure as it was in calgary, in edmonton the pressure is to live up to lucic which he can do. i wouldn't be surprised to see him score 20 or even 25. the summer off will be wonderful for him.
guymez
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I dont think that giving up a player that has a 12% chance of making the NHL is really that much of a concern.
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Who has two thumbs and picked up James Neal in his hockey pool? THIS GUY!
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McSpecial DraiBlend
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Both my son and myself picked him up in our respective drafts with our last picks.
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Why I personally loved the trade was the fact that Lucic's contract was by far the worst contract in the league - buyout proof, UNtradeable, NMC with repercussions re: Seattle next year. I thought hey, if Neal can score 6 goals this season and win us a couple of games and, at the very least, be mildly physical on a second or third line... at least we can buy him out. We're the Oilers, we should always prepare for the shittiest outcome. And it was just infinitely better with Neal than it was with Lucic.
He has 6 goals, won us 2 games and its game 3 of the season. Calgary can't buy Lucic out.
The Real Steal. 15+ looks exceedingly doable at this point.
He has 6 goals, won us 2 games and its game 3 of the season. Calgary can't buy Lucic out.
The Real Steal. 15+ looks exceedingly doable at this point.
Man, Gretzky must be crapping his pants now. That 50 goals in 39 games, he said was one of the hardest record to break. 92 goals in a season is just as hard. Those are definitely in jeopardy now. Imagine 50 goals in 25 games for Neal.
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Should Neal be exposed in the expansion draft? The goals he's putting up is forcing us to protect him. That means we might need to expose Matt Benning.....this sucks.
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