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Originally Posted by Flames_F.T.W
I'm still holding out hope that Neal turns it on down the stretch and into the playoffs and at least comes close to earning his salary. Lots of players need a year to adjust to a new team/city. I think everyone will forget how wildly mediocre he's been if he scores a couple of clutch goals in the playoffs
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I also am holding out hope we see some more production from Neal. He is too young to have the wheels totally fall off his game, and for whatever reason, his intensity level for first half of the year seemed very inconsistent. Unfortunately he has played at this level for nearly 50 games now, and the longer it goes, the harder it is mentally to turn it around IMO.
This is his 5th NHL team so he is well past the excuse of getting acclimated to a new team.