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Originally Posted by neo45
The org actually did an awful job recognizing how bad Neal was.
He shouldn’t have been in the lineup for our series vs the Avs based on how he was playing, let alone on the ice in overtime. Full blame on the brain trust for even having him out there at that point. He hadn’t back checked all season
The Avs series really exposed Bill Peters. Don’t think the team respected him much after that. He had no answers
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Vegas offered Neal a contract, and they watched Neal every day. I don't like the signing, but if Vegas wasn't recognizing what was coming, I'm not sure Calgary could have. Hopefully the Flames have added some metrics/analysis to their pro scouting since though.
Peters ... his story is well known, certainly not going to defend the human. But he had a team that was backing in on their goalie because of fear of Avalanche speed. You don't coach that. In fact you coach against it, but if your team is fragile they do things to avoid being embarrassed against what the coach is preaching.