Some eyebrows got raised when the Calgary Flames made James Neal a healthy scratch on Friday night for Game 5 of their first round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. Neal, Calgary’s big free agent signing of 2018, still has four season to go on his contract worth an annual cap hit of $5.75 million dollars. Neal has had a terrible year in Calgary, scoring just 9 goals in 63 games this season, almost an unbelievably bad output for a skilled scorer who recorded 21+ goals in all 10 of his previous NHL seasons prior to joining the Flames.
James Neal isn’t the solution to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ problems in 2019
