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Originally Posted by CanadaMatt
Ah, as if on queue.
At the slightest criticism of James Neal, the usual suspects (you’re one of them as I’m sure you are aware) ride over the hills to defend the player.
This is the point.
You and the rest of the Neal apologists have set the bar so low for this player that a relatively innocuous game like last night, where he didn’t play badly (nor did he play particularly well) is now held up in a positive light. Gee I’d hate to see what an average James Neal game looks like in your eyes, (heaven forbid a bad one).
You’re really doing him a disservice. That was not a good game for a 5.75 million dollar player, it was ‘meh’ and, if given the chance, I’d trade him for Kovalchuk (as was the original topic)
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A good play is a good play. I don't see it as "defending" anything. He played a good game. Better than most of the Flames. I'd say he, Lindholm and Frolik were the best Flames out there over 60 minutes. I guess that makes me a Lindholm apologist as well.
BTW, it's "on cue". I'm not lining up for anything.