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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
...In any case, the unpopular guys were traded or released. The nice guy coach was turfed. Hoping to see a very motivated team this year. If Neal rubs some guys the wrong way, I hope it is put aside for the sake of winning.
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Neal and Mike Smith are very good friends, and given how popular Smith seems to be in the room I wonder if this bodes well for Neal's own fit on the team. From the outside looking in he certainly seems like precisely the right kind of persona the Flames have been missing for a few years now.