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Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin
It still comes down to our culture. Erixon is right in saying that we just don't give younger guys a legitimate shot. We'd rather go with the more expensive veteran player with less talent/lower ceiling then give the young guy a chance to prove himself and live with some rough games early on.
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I strongly believe that Erixon and his camp aren't the only ones that don't fancy what they have seen since the lockout as far as young prospects getting a legitimate shot with the Flames. That's not Jay Feaster's fault but it's something he's going to have to address and something Brent is going to have think about. We already know that he's one of the least popular coaches from that player vote earlier this year. It's possible that this is more of a Sutter problem than a Flames problem.
That said it appears that there may have been some back door negotiations with the Rangers and it's kind of disturbing how that Grossman and the Erixon's didn't let this out of the bag until very late in negotiations. No matter how you look at it the Flames got burned by the Rangers, Erixon and PuckAgency.