I didn't like the signing at first, didn't like Neal's slow start, wasn't a fan of his slow skating, but I just kept hoping that he would somehow turn things around and bring some worth to this team. At the very least I never thought he was a negative to the Flames, until tonight. This game was pretty much lost because Neal and a couple of others were more than useless tonight, they were net negatives. If not for the heroics of some usual suspects the mood around here tonight would be completely different
It's really too bad that Frolik and Backlund are still out, after such a poor performance tonight this would be the perfect opportunity for Neal to sit in the pressbox for a game. More than a third of the way through the season and he hasn't improved at all, and now appears to be regressing. If he can't get his #### together quick this could turn into the worst Flames contract signing of all time
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