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Originally Posted by ComixZone
We're first in the flippin' conference.
I just don't see why people need to negative towards the team at all right now.
He's a new player, taking time to adjust to a new city, team, and coach.
Also, recently - he has been making a lot of really nice plays to set up eatbread and janko. Points will come. He's been playing well and the team has been winning.
...I just don't understand why some fans want to fixate and paint things negatively. "We need more" from him...yeah, I mean - if he came in with no adjustment period at all and was lighting it up and had his normal 8 goals opposed to 3, yeah - we may have overcome some of Mike Smith's horrific goaltending this year and we may be 1st in the league rather than just 1st in the West. We have time to be patient with him.
Seems like a whole lot of panic and negativity for no reason.
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Just because the Flames are doing really well is no reason not to criticize someone who deserves it.
Just as when the team is doing poorly, it's okay to criticize those players that are actually performing and doing their part.
Fans aren't in every thread talking about how terrible everyone is. They're in a James Neal thread, talking about how terrible James Neal has been this year. Because he has been. You can argue snake-bit or whatever else, but he has 6 points in 30 games and that's terrible for what was expected from him.
Flames fans need Neal to pick up his game for the inevitable point where the big 4 hit a temporary slump. That is when you need the other guys to pick up the slack, and right now, no one seems capable of it.