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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
This entire same argument happened while they were in the QC, because Chicago did the same thing as Winnipeg as far as paying some vets to have a winning AHL team rather than just worrying about the big club. Its understandable, and as a baseball fan it would be unheard of for a minor league team to bring in some has-beens to help. That said, fans (here at least) don't get excited about a team that loses all the time, so we didn't have the attendance, so they moved the team... So there's also some argument for putting a little effort towards a winning AHL team.
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Last time I checked the AHL Heat, made the playoffs and they won the first round.
Sounds like winning is important. Remember this was a young team in the playoffs as lots of the experienced players were hurt.
Folks are to focused on the career minor leaguers. The Flames have solid prospects that will be joining the Heat (Nemisz, Wahl, Brodie, Cameron (guy scored 50+ goals last season in WHL), Bouma). Plus the Heat's defense is a more experienced core (i.e. Seabrooke, Negrin, Baldwin....)
Watching Breen alone would be interesting.