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Originally Posted by Papi
I saw Cam Neely was playing for the Islanders. Can you post his stats? Always loved #8.
Thanks!
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Cam Neely is still going strong at the end of the 1999-2000 season as a 34 year old. He made his debut with Vancouver at the age of 18 but after scoring 44 points in 70 games the Canucks moved him to the Islanders at the trade deadline in his rookie year.
It turned out to be quite a lob-sided deal as the Isles got Neely and Bob Stephenson in exchange for Robbie Ftorek and Mike Allison. None of the other 3 would really do anything after the deal. Stephenson would play just 2 NHL games in his career. Allison was 22 at the time of the deal but he played just 86 games over the next 4 seasons with Vancouver and never played anywhere else in the NHL. Ftorek was 31years old at the time of the deal and had some solid seasons with the Islanders. However, Ftorek would play just 16 games and record 5 points in Vancouver and then was out of hockey.
Meanwhile Neely would be a big piece of the Islanders future and, while he has yet to win a Cup, he has played 1252 NHL games, scoring 596 goals and 1123 points. Neely is presently 22nd all-time in goals and 58th in career points. He also racked up some pretty good penalty minute totals along the way.
Certainly much better numbers than real life but then again he never had a run-in with Ulf Samuelsson in the sim.