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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Maybe, but I think that's different than being bad in the room. Is Frolik bad in the room, because he's been vocal (through his agent) about usage?
Brouwer was a pretty good teammate by all accounts, and he did step up for teammates on the ice a fair bit. FWIW I have never heard anyone say that teammates didn't like Neal either (like what you heard about Phaneuf or Hamilton for example), and he was smiling and laughing on the bench a lot. I always heard his issues were different than that.
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Neal has a history of attitude and acting like a superstar and because of it, he rubs some teammates the wrong way. I have heard Friedman talk about it.
IIRC Treliving specifically mentioned that he thought Flames could use some of the swagger that Neal brought.
You can define bad in the room however you want but Neal has never been considered a popular teammate.