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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
What is Edmonton doing differently that Calgary could not possibly have done? Was there really nothing that could have massaged this situation behind closed doors that could have prevented this? No kind of early intervention that would have drastically changed the outcome of all this?
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what EDM is doing is gifting Neal premium PP time with some of the best forwards in the nhl. This wasn’t possible in CGY because we have four forwards clearly better than Neal.
I don’t really see how it could have been managed better. As Enoch Root eloquently points out Neal got ice time all season that he didn’t deserve. At some point the player has to take a fair chunk of the blame if he’s useless at playing on any line outside of line 1.
This is on Neal. Neal was out of shape. Neal didn’t put in the hard work and effort. Neal sucked. Neal was gifted ice time he didn’t deserve.
It’s a fantasy some are choosing to buy into that it could have gone better. It is what it is.