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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Come on, it hasn't even been 30 games yet into the 1st year of his contract. Talk about Chicken Little thinking. Has Neal been great? No. But let's have a little patience here. If management gave into every knee jerk reaction, Brodie would have been long gone after the bad couple of years he's had. I guess by end of next year and James Neal is averaging 10 goals a year, then I'll gladly give you the satisfaction of giving me a "I told you so!"
And to be perfectly honest, I'd rather not need to give up assets at the trade deadline for a rental. I'd rather sign one for free. Oh wait, we did that. I think his name was James something.
And if you think this will seriously mean not being able to sign Chucky, well, I guess I'm just a little more optimistic than you.
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To be fair, this thread mirrors the Brouwer thread in a lot of ways. Myself and many others defended him to the death for a season. And then again during that first off season. And then again at the start of his second season.
It isn't much different than defending a coach, or a team's record, or a goaltender etc. How long do you wait to consider them a failure?
30 games is probably too soon for a 5 year contract but at some point you have to draw a line and say that he's not living up to his contract.