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Originally Posted by Azure
Where is it coming from that he showed up to camp out of shape?
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I think it was Mike Commordore in an interview that said it publicly.
Personally I have heard from people that have talked to him, that he has said that he "didn't have great offseasons the last two years".
Shortened offseason after making the finals with Nashville, then getting selected in the expansion draft and having to move to Vegas, then making the finals again with Vegas, going to UFA, moving to Calgary.
Makes sense that he maybe hasn't had as strong of an offseason routine as other years, and once you get older that probably becomes more important.
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Originally Posted by Saqe
Neil isn't coming off one bad year, he wasn't good in Vegas either. How he managed to score just 44 points with everyone around him having career years is pretty bad.
I'm not expecting a rebound from him scoring wise but at minimum I want to see effort and grit. Otherwise he can take a hike.
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That's not really true and this is a case of revisionist history.
In the regular season Neal was 6th on the team in points & 4th on the team in goals - and he only played 71 games. In the Playoffs he was 4th in points, and 3rd in goals.