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Originally Posted by Drury18
Here's the basis of why I think Troy Ward developed more players. Him and Huska now have the same amount of time in. The players under Ward who turned into NHL regulars (in any form) greatly outnumber the players under Huska who have.
Players developed by Troy G. Ward with more than 40 NHL games (2011-2014)
Lance Bouma - 3rd Line Player with Calgary
Paul Byron - 4th Line Player with Montreal
Roman Horak - Top Line in KHL
T.J. Brodie - Top Pairing Defenceman in Calgary
Joni Ortio - 2nd/3rd Goaltender in Calgary
Sven Baertschi - 2nd Line Player with Vancouver
Michael Ferland - 1st Line Player in Calgary
Markus Granlund - 4th Line Player in Vancouver
Josh Jooris - 3rd Line Player in Calgary
Players developed by Ryan Huska with more than 40 NHL games (2014-2016)
None
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I'm usually critical of Huska, but don't you think that's a bit disingenuous when one guy has a two year head start? Does Huska get zero credit for the development of Ferland, Baertschi, Granlund, Ortio when they played for him too? Josh Jooris made the team after Ward was let go vs Garnet Hathaway or Kenny Agostino who are being given a shot with the team during Huska's second year and look polished and know the system very well (regardless of their natural talent)? Do you not think Kulak, Kylington, Culkin, Wotherspoon have progressed under Huska (not statistically, I mean actual on-ice play)? Does the fact that TJ Brodie played his rookie year under Playfair not mean that Playfair gets the credit for Brodie? Does a coach control natural talent?
I just think that's a flawed, confirmation-bias driven analysis. It's not unlike saying "Troy Ward was the reason Ryan Howse didn't pan out".
