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Originally Posted by activeStick
If the rumours are true that Neal called Smith out for his performance after Smith blamed the defensive play of everyone else for some of his goals, I'm actually happy it happened. That's exactly what you want from a veteran like Neal and it's something I don't think any other veterans on the Flames would do simply because it's not them (guys like Gio and Backlund). Not a bad thing in my view, it's just how some people are and aren't.
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Yeah, there are two things there. Smith is fighting it and letting in goals he can’t.
To get Smith to play better, as Krahn notes, he needs to be loose and a guy calling him out doesn’t help , but...
If he is fighting it, then he can’t call his teammates out, because they will call him out in turn.
Depends on who needs it more. Does the team need to be defended from Smith? Or can they just have Neal can it, roll their eyes, and next time they go out to blow off some steam, just discuss it in the uber on the way back in?