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Originally Posted by GioforPM
We are 30 games in. It's not gone well. But I think it will still work itself out.
Hamonic was called a bad acquisition this time last year, is my point. And as soon as he found his fit, it turned around. I see more Hamonic in Neal's play than Brouwer. And, yeah, I think it's about the players around him as much as him.
As far as "big UFA signings" go, I'd take Neal over Lucic any day, all day. Though I don't like "big UFA signings as a general principle", preferring UFAs to be for depth only.
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Neal deserves pretty much every bit of the bashing he's getting and it will continue until his play improves, or should I say, until his production improves. Why? Because we need and expect more out of him.
Unlike Lucic, who's not an NHL calibre player anymore, I don't believe that is the case with Neal so as a result, I expect more out of him. And since I expect more out of him, that is why Neal deserves every bit of the bashing he's getting from me or others.