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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'd put Bouma and Brodie as Playfair developed players. As for Ward's handling of his goalies such as Ortio and Irving, it was perplexing. Ortio had to go back to Finland for a year and a half to get his game back and I'd put some of Irving's failure on Ward's doorstep as well.