Well, I'll admit, I thought Neal was a really good signing, I thought a more physical, larger winger was the perfect addition and I was pretty excited when it was announced.
Didn't click right away, and you could come up with reasons - long season, new system, new linemates, etc, but ... damn I dunno, he just looks slow and disinterested.
Pathetic year, and now just an albatross of a contract. Not Lucic bad, but bad. And enough of these overpay/underdeliver contracts makes it so you can't get better.
Is it Neal's fault the Flames are down in this series? No. They've sucked as a group, really. But he hasn't done anything good, and I'm glad to see Czar (or Winnie the Pooh, or Gumby, or...) in his place.
A big miss by Treliving here, but you can hardly blame him for signing Neal, who has always been a big strong 20 goal guy, I mean... whaddya do?
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