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Originally Posted by Swayze11
When will Pelech ever be ready? I thought he was REALLY good in his 1st game as a Flame, but where does that get you? right back on the farm.
My major point is all the good teams take advantage of entry level deals even if they are ready or not (ATL probably isnt a good example but these guys are developing pretty well):
O'Reilly - Colorado
Kane - Atlanta
Little - Atlanta
Bogosian - Atlanta
Wheeler - Boston
Ladd - back in Carolina
Hjalmarsson - Chicago
Galiardi - Colorado
Quincy - LA/Colorado
just to name a few. In a salary cap world you simply MUST do it. Sure he might not be 100% ready and may make some mistakes but what can you expect?
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fewer of these guys are Dmen though and Bogosian probably doesn't count as a top 5 pick on Atlanta
I'm not saying that they are doing it right with Pelech and I darn well hope he is on the team next year, including for the reasons you state, but its not that unusual for 21ish year old Ds to be in the AHL
Quincey was 23 I think by the time he played regularly. Hjalmarsson is a good example though