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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 02 February 2021 12:52 |
| Dragon_Matt wrote on Tue, 02 February 2021 13:49 |
that was a sarcastic post. nobody's taking Neal's full contract. It would be possible if we kept 50%... but still a coin toss at that.
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He contributes more than we see on the ice, me thinks.
The powerplay has seemingly been ‘fixed’ while the team seems to actually be awake during games since his return.
But let’s put Chiasson in over him.
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I don't believe the powerplay was ever broken. I think there were a few factors:
1) New point person, who shoots the opposite way from the guy they've been used to (or his backup for that matter).
2) Rust - they hadn't played in months and had no pre-season.
3) Luck - despite points 1 & 2, they were getting their chances early in the year, but just not scoring. At some point that was always going to turn around and they were going to start scoring. The talent that they're able to ice on the powerplay is too good to be denied.
I don't think Neal turned it around, although he might have scored a couple of goals that Chiasson whiffed on earlier in the year - but that's pretty revisionist. It's hard to look at individual plays and sub in a player who wasn't there. Neal and Chiasson just aren't what makes the powerplay pop for the Oilers, so I think we shouldn't read too much in to which of them is out there as the catalyst for success.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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