Why is Neal a problem

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Created by: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 22, 2020

Published: Mar. 22, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The guy was on pace for 25-30 goals had he played a full season for god's sake!!!

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Faksa, Radek	2	$2,000,000
Athanasiou, Andreas	2	$3,500,000
Lagesson, William	2	$900,000
Bear, Ethan	2	$2,200,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Sheahan, Riley	1	$1,250,000
Russell, Patrick	1	$750,000
Smith, Mike	1	$2,000,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Faksa, Radek	$2,000,000	2021 3rd round pick

Trades

EDM

ANA

Russell, Kris

Additional Details:

Compliance buyout

EDM

2021 4th round pick (ANA)
2022 6th round pick (NSH)

Additional Details:

To any team that needs a 4th liner with grit

ANA

Khaira, Jujhar

EDM

Perreault, Mathieu
2021 5th round pick (WPG)
2022 3rd round pick (WPG)

WPG

Benning, Matthew [RFA Rights]
Chiasson, Alex

Additional Details:

I think EDM likes Benning but Larsson is better than him and Bouchard will be playing in the NHL next season so I don't think there's room for him in Oil Country

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $2,500,000
Benoit Pouliot: $1,333,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$81,824,365	$341,534	$730,000	$1,675,635

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Athanasiou, Andreas $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 6	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 4
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Yamamoto, Kailer $894,166$894,166 ($230,000$230K) RW RFA - 1
Benson, Tyler $808,333$808,333 LW, RW UFA - 1	Faksa, Radek $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Neal, James $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Perreault, Mathieu $4,125,000$4,125,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Sheahan, Riley $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C UFA - 1
		Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
		Russell, Patrick $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD UFA - 3	Larsson, Adam $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 1	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $2,200,000$2,200,000 RD UFA - 2
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) RD RFA - 3	Smith, Mike $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Lagesson, William $900,000$900,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nygård, Joakim $875,000$875,000 LW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Athanasiou, A.		Draisaitl, L.		Neal, J.
	Klefbom, O.		McDavid, C.

Power Play 2
Kassian, Z.		Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Yamamoto, K.
	Bouchard, E.		Nurse, D.

Mar. 22, 2020 at 9:23 p.m.

Hedman77

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because once you get the "bad contract" label, it's hard to get it removed

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Mar. 22, 2020 at 9:26 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: Hedman77

because once you get the "bad contract" label, it's hard to get it removed

Scoring 28 goals (he was on pace for that) is great for a 5-6 mil AAV

Mar. 22, 2020 at 9:48 p.m.

SevenLeg

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Stars match

Mar. 22, 2020 at 9:55 p.m.

Dan10900

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

Scoring 28 goals (he was on pace for that) is great for a 5-6 mil AAV

Bc he had 5 5v5 Goals, 7 EV goals... And was part of one of the best PP's in history, then got replaced by Chaison and the PP somehow improved... So he doesn't even have that anymore

Mar. 22, 2020 at 9:59 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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Quoting: AFOX10900

Bc he had 5 5v5 Goals, 7 EV goals... And was part of one of the best PP's in history, then got replaced by Chaison and the PP somehow improved... So he doesn't even have that anymore[/quote

Who cares? The OIlers PP is going to be good even if you remove yamamoto and Kassian because of McDavid and Draisaitl so saying that «well his PP goals were scored only because of his linemates» is irrelevant.

Mar. 22, 2020 at 10:09 p.m.

BeterChiarelli

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Edited Mar. 22, 2020 at 10:15 p.m.

Because paying $6M for a fourth-line power play asset is absurd.

If the cap is going down and Edmonton wants to improve their roster, Neal's the exact place you look at finding the savings. Betting on the Oilers to run a 30% power play over the next three years is silly. Power play opportunities drop come playoff time and you need to start relying on even-strength production to get anything done. Neal offers no solution to how the majority of the game is played, and finding room for him - even on the second PP unit - is a challenge.

If some other team wants to pay him the equivalent of what you think this years' numbers represent, then by all means let that team do so. Neal has been discussed as a buyout candidate for the Oilers well before talks of compliance buyouts were on the table. Edmonton needs the savings to improve their roster: if the power play is clicking at comparable levels without Neal and the goal is 5v5 improvement, there is no better candidate on this roster.

Russell can be moved. Chiasson can be moved. Khaira can be moved. Koskinen showed enough utility this year to at least play for another season and the FA market for starters beyond Lehner this year is horrible.

The only other player I'd consider for a CBO is Kassian - his deal is phenomenally stupid - but given that Holland just signed it, I'd consider that likelihood to be nil.

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Mar. 22, 2020 at 10:19 p.m.

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Watch his 5 on 5 play, he is horrendous if he cant just stand in front of the net. Andddd 3 more years of him is hard. At least Russel has one year only left on D and he can be a decent but barely 7th D.
Neal is practically a pylon out there.

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Mar. 22, 2020 at 10:44 p.m.

CMac66

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

It's because he's slow and can't keep up. So actually his teammates on the power play do matter. Because he went ice cold for a very long time lol. Scored 5 goals since Dec. 1st, 3 of them in the same game. And 7 of his 19 came in the first 4 games. Also he was having his ice time reduced quite a bit. I think the coach was seeing he couldn't keep up

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